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hourless

hourless adjective: without hours; unaware of the passing of time.

Adjective

hourless (not comparable)

  1. Without hours; unaware of the passing of time
    • All the unknown looked out from boundlessness:
      It lodged upon an edge of hourless Time,
      Gazing out of some everlasting Now […]2015, Shraddhavan, The English of Savitri, page 550

Origin of hourless

From hour + -less.

Words formed from hourless

Questions about hourless

What does hourless mean?
Hourless means without hours; unaware of the passing of time.
What part of speech is hourless?
Hourless is an adjective.

Words near hourless in the dictionary

  1. Hourigan
  2. Hourigans
  3. Hourihan
  4. Hourihans
  5. houris
  6. hourless
  7. hourlessness
  8. hourlies
  9. hourlong
  10. hourly
  11. hourly rating

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