ceremoniless en · ADJ
Etymology
From ceremony + -less.
Meanings
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(rare) Without ceremony.
"Customary" or ceremoniless marriages present particular problems of proof.
2001, Immigration Law: Basics and More:The company and dayly conversation of so many noble, young, and active men, cannot but bee well-pleasing to you; the dayly and ordinary sight of so divers tragicall spectacles; the liberty and uncontroled freedome of that artelesse and unaffected conversation, masculine and ceremonilesse maner of life […]
1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, Essays, III.13:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more ceremoniless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most ceremoniless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |