titleless

adj — 2 senses

titleless

adj

Etymology From Middle English titleles, titlelees, equivalent to title + -less.

1

Having no title; nameless.

  • The first four drafts were swept down a manhole and a long, titleless book began to evolve.2010, Larry McMurtry, Moving On, page 7:
2

Without noble title; common.

  • Coriolanus / He would not answer to: forbad all names; / He was a kind of nothing, titleless, / Till he had forged himself a name o' the fire / Of burning Rome.1623, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, V, I, 11:
Derived terms
titlelessness

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