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ligatureless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leyǵ-der. Latin ligō Proto-Indo-European *-tew-? Proto-Indo-European *-r-eh₂? Latin -tūra Late Latin ligātūrabor. Middle French ligaturebor. Middle English ligature English ligature 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 ligatureless From ligature + -less.

Meanings

1. without ligatures
   • He also says that the change of older V to 'e' is reflected in the practice of using ligatureless consonantal symbols — a practice, dating back at least[…] 1977, S. Subrahmanyan with Ci Cuppiramaṇiyaṉ, A critical study of Tolkāppiyam (el̲luttu and col.) and Nan̲n̲ūl, page 55:
   • […]ligatureless and comparatively bloodless vaginal hysterectomy can be done, how abdominal surgery can be done without leaving pinched tissues,[…] 2008, Benjamin Elisha Dawson, Orificial Surgery; Its Philosophy, Application and Technique, page 34:

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