nounless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Italic *nōmn̥ Latin nōmen Anglo-Norman noun, non, nombor. Middle English noun English noun 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 nounless From noun + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a noun or nouns.
A nounless language would not have an exact equivalent of English's the child, but it might get along quite well with constructions like the childlike one.
2003, Mark C Baker, Lexical Categories: Verbs, Nouns, and Adjectives:...a nameless delight or terror, unattached to any delightful or dreadful thing, a potent adjective floating in a nounless void, a pure quality.
1997, Alan Dean, Chaos and Intoxication: