knightless
UK/ˈnʌɪtləs/
knightless adjective: unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
Adjective
knightless (comparative more knightless, superlative most knightless)
- Unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
- Whereof thou […] all knights hast shamed with this knightlesse part.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book VI, Canto VI”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- Without a knight.
- This night, when the Lady Joan sternly bade her knight attend the knightless damsels to their home, Ioris obeyed.1890, Ouida, Othmar. Friendship. And other stories, page 545
- Janowski vs. Jaffe Match, New York, 1917 / Classical Tartakower / Knightless middlegame, queenside strategy2005, Eric Schiller, The Rubinstein Attack!: A Chess Opening Strategy for White, page 28
Examples of knightless in a sentence
- The knightless armor moved toward Rocky.2010, Dennis W. Shepherd, The Papaw Diary, page 300:
- shining the heroics of a latterday Don Quixote upon a knightless age2012, Jonathan H. Grossman, Charles Dickens's Networks: Public Transport and the Novel, page 220:
Forms of knightless
| comparative | more knightless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most knightless |
Origin of knightless
From knight + -less.
Questions about knightless
- What does knightless mean?
- Knightless means unbecoming of a knight; unchivalrous.
- How do you use knightless in a sentence?
- The knightless armor moved toward Rocky.
- What part of speech is knightless?
- Knightless is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce knightless?
- Knightless is pronounced /ˈnʌɪtləs/ (UK).
Words near knightless in the dictionary
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