Wordless
adj
adj ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Conveyed without the use of words; unspoken or unsaid.
"On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism."
- 2 Unable or unwilling to speak; dumb, silent or inarticulate.
Adjective
- 1 expressed without speech wordnet
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More examples"On any given Friday night at the Claremont Colleges, between 15 and 20 Jewish students gather to sing wordless melodies, dive into textual study of Talmud or James Baldwin, or hold workshops on antisemitism."
Etymology
From Middle English wordles, equivalent to word + -less. Compare Dutch woordeloos (“speechless, inexpressible in words”), German wortlos (“silent, speechless”), Danish ordløs (“wordless”), Swedish ordlös (“wordless”), Icelandic orðlaus (“wordless, speechless”).