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birthdayless en · ADJ

Etymology

From birthday + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable, rare) Without a birthday, or with no celebration on that day.
    • Correct methods of encouraging retiring suitors or of repelling unwelcome ones was information that its members could scarcely be supposed at their birthdayless ages to require. 1906, Grace Alexander, Judith:
    • She deserved additional glory in return for the many years when she had gone birthdayless and little girls like Enid and Geraldine had taunted her airily. 1907, Florence Wilkinson, The silent door:
    • It turns out to be easier to focus on the birthdayless days. 1976, Louisiana State University, Mathematics magazine:
    • She'd nearly had enough. She was ready to go home, forget all about it. Be the birthdayless, motherless Mattie Browne for the rest of her life. 2002, Sue Welford, Nicholas Fisk, The Shadow of August: