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corkless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English cork Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English corkless From cork + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Lacking a cork.
    • It did not see daylight again until it was unpacked, together with its comrades, in the cellar of a wine merchant; and then for the first time it was rinsed out — that was an odd sensation. It then lay empty and corkless, and felt strangely dull, as if it lacked something, though it didn't know what. 1858, Hans Christian Andersen, The Bottle Neck: