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elephantless

elephantless adjective: without an elephant or elephants.

Adjective

elephantless (not comparable)

  1. Without an elephant or elephants.
    • Early autumn snows made Hannibal's task even more difficult, and he came down into Italy with a force of only 26,000 men (about half the original number) and a much depleted train of elephants with which to disorganize and terrorize the elephantless Romans.2000, Nathaniel Harris, History of Ancient Rome, London: Hamlyn, page 16
    • What would the sick do without the sight of elephants to invigorate them? What would the Nation do when the loathsome press of Europe would sneer at us as an elephantless people? To be truly patriotic we must rid ourselves of this abject dependence on other nations for our elephants.2008, Paul Chambers, Jumbo: This Being the True Story of the Greatest Elephant in the World, Hanover, New Hampshire: Steerforth Press, page 162

Origin of elephantless

From elephant + -less.

Questions about elephantless

What does elephantless mean?
Elephantless means without an elephant or elephants.
What part of speech is elephantless?
Elephantless is an adjective.

Words near elephantless in the dictionary

  1. elephantine tortoises
  2. elephantinely
  3. elephantish
  4. elephantitis
  5. elephantitus
  6. elephantless
  7. elephantlike
  8. elephantnose fish
  9. elephantnose fishes
  10. elephantoid
  11. elephantoidal

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