rimless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Old English rima Middle English rim English rim 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 rimless From rim + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Lacking a rim.
Near-synonyms: (sometimes synonymous) brimless, lipless, ledgeless
1949, Raymond Chandler, The Little Sister She was a small, neat, rather prissy-looking girl with primly smooth brown hair and rimless glasses […]
rimless glasses
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(not-comparable) Not touching the rim of the basket while passing through it.
Took aim and scored, a sure, rimless basket.
2022, Jay E. Tria, You Out of Nowhere: