English Explanatory Dictionary

nailless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Without a nail or nails.

Word forms

nailless

Etymology

From Middle English *nayllees, from Old English *næġllēas, from Proto-West Germanic *naglalaus, from Proto-Germanic *naglalausaz, equivalent to nail + -less. Cognate with Middle Low German nāgellôs (“nailless”), Dutch nagelloos (“nailless”), German nagellos (“nailless”), Icelandic naglalaus (“nailless”).

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