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drossless

drossless adjective: free from dross.

Adjective

drossless (comparative more drossless, superlative most drossless)

  1. Free from dross.
    • OFT tho' thy genius, DARWIN! amply fraught
      With native wealth, explore new worlds of mind;
      Whence the bright ores of drossless wisdom brought,
      Stampt by the Muse's hand, enrich mankind;1791, William Bagshaw Stevens, "to the author of the poem on the loves of the plants" (prefixed to Erasmus Darwin's The Botanic Garden)

Forms of drossless

comparativemore drossless
superlativemost drossless

Origin of drossless

From dross + -less.

Questions about drossless

What does drossless mean?
Drossless means free from dross.
What part of speech is drossless?
Drossless is an adjective.

Words near drossless in the dictionary

  1. drossiest
  2. Drossin
  3. drossiness
  4. drossing
  5. Drossins
  6. drossless
  7. drossy
  8. Drost
  9. drostanolone
  10. drostdies
  11. drostdy

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