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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

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

  1. (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
  2. (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:

Deriveds

rimlessness

Synonyms

lipless · ledgeless · brimless