Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
From content (“subject matter”) + -less.
a beautiful but essentially contentless book
From content (“contentment, satisfaction”) + -less.
Best state, contentless, / Hath a distracted and most wretched being, / Worse than the worst, content.c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii], line 246:
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most contentless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more contentless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |