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arrowlessness

arrowlessness noun: the state of lacking an arrow or arrows (in various senses).

Noun

arrowlessness (uncountable)

  1. The state of lacking an arrow or arrows (in various senses).
    • If the point was to get the poisonous arrow of desire out, it was irrelevant to know exactly what the state of arrowlessness would be.1996, Denise Lardner Carmody, John Tully Carmody, Serene Compassion, New York, N.Y.; Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 111

Origin of arrowlessness

From arrowless + -ness.

Questions about arrowlessness

What does arrowlessness mean?
Arrowlessness means the state of lacking an arrow or arrows (in various senses).
What part of speech is arrowlessness?
Arrowlessness is a noun.

Words near arrowlessness in the dictionary

  1. arrowily
  2. arrowing
  3. arrowleaf
  4. arrowleaf groundsel
  5. arrowless
  6. arrowlessness
  7. arrowlet
  8. arrowlets
  9. arrowlike
  10. arrowmaker
  11. arrowmakers

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