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contourless

contourless adjective: without a contour or contours.

Adjective

contourless (not comparable)

  1. Without a contour or contours.
    • Mrs Lackersteen was a woman of about thirty-five, handsome in a contourless, elongated way, like a fashion plate.1934, George Orwell, chapter 2, in Burmese Days
    • They would carry their private grief on their faces for a few weeks more before hiding it inside and resuming the communal, contourless monotony of prison life.1981, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, Detained: A Writer's Prison Diary, London: Heinemann, Section One, p. 112

Origin of contourless

From contour + -less. Cognate with Swedish konturlös.

Words formed from contourless

Questions about contourless

What does contourless mean?
Contourless means without a contour or contours.
What part of speech is contourless?
Contourless is an adjective.

Words near contourless in the dictionary

  1. contouring
  2. contourings
  3. contourite
  4. contourites
  5. contouritic
  6. contourless
  7. contourlessness
  8. contourlet
  9. contourlets
  10. contourny
  11. contourné

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