English Explanatory Dictionary

houseless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Lacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home.
  2. Lacking a permanent place of residence but not a ‘home’ in the broader sense, for example in the form of a community.
  3. Containing no house or place of refuge; wild or inhospitable.

Pronunciation

/ˈhaʊsləs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Neøn-houseless.wav

Word forms

houseless more houseless most houseless

Etymology

From Middle English housles, from Old English *hūslēas, from Proto-West Germanic *hūslaus, from Proto-Germanic *hūsalausaz, equivalent to house + -less. Cognate with West Frisian húsleas (“houseless”), Dutch huisloos (“houseless”), German hauslos (“houseless”), Danish husløs (“houseless”), Swedish huslös (“houseless”), Icelandic húslaus (“houseless”).

Synonyms

homeless roofless

Derived words

houselessness

Translations

Ancient Greek: ἄνοικος Norwegian Bokmål: husløs Norwegian Nynorsk: huslaus
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