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Etymology
Etymology tree English style 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 styleless From style + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Lacking good style or any style at all.
It is not enough to say that style is a characteristic mode of expression, for then it would be almost impossible to speak of anything as styleless.
1921, Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Dashiell, Harlan Logan, Scribner's Magazine:He was too thin, so that the styleless clothes hung poorly, and something in his coloring made her think that he ate the wrong foods.
1992, Greg Johnson, A Friendly Deceit:
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(not-comparable) Lacking a style (stalk structure).
Short-styled and styleless flowers were sometimes mixed in these individuals.
1990, Nihon Shokubutsu Gakkai, The Botanical Magazine, Tokyo:
Deriveds
Translations (2)
sv stillös (Translations) · pl bezstylowy (Translations)