letterless

Adjective

letterless (not comparable)

1. Without the presence or use of alphabetical letters.
   • I passed by a ruined tomb in the midst of a garden-way, Upon whose letterless stone seven blood-red anemones lay.1880, John Payne, “Azizeh’s Tomb”, in New Poems, London: Newman & Co, page 98
2. Not having received a letter; (of a period of time) during which no letter is received. (of a person)
   • The next morning’s post brought several letters; one from Roger for Cynthia, and Molly, letterless herself, looked at Cynthia as she read it, with wistful sadness.1864 August – 1866 January, [Elizabeth] Gaskell, chapter 45, in Wives and Daughters. An Every-day Story. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Smith, Elder and Co., […], published...
   • There is not much more in this letter, and then we have unfortunately another gap of nearly two letterless years, there being none in my collection from June 6, 1811, until May 24, 1813.1884, Edward, Lord Brabourne, “1811⁠”, in Jane Austen, edited by Edward, Lord Brabourne, Letters of Jane Austen, volume II, London: Richard Bentley & Son, […], →OCLC, page 82
3. Illiterate.
   • a letterless peasant
   • I knovv God by Miracle can inſtruct Kings, as he rained Mannah, and raiſed the Apoſtles from letterless Fiſher-men, to learned Metropolitans, and profound Doctours.1663, Edward Waterhous[e], chapter I, in Fortescutus Illustratus; or A Commentary on that Nervous Treatise De Laudibus Legum Angliæ, Written by Sir John Fortescue Knight, […], London: […] Tho[mas]...