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mateless

mateless adjective: without a mate.

Adjective

mateless (not comparable)

  1. Without a mate.
    • That he did not glory, however, in his mateless solitude, but rather, like a true knight, longed for the first opportunity pour faire le gallant, vis-à-vis de sa maitresse, is pleasantly testified in the letter that is now subjoined.1848, [William] Wilkie Collins, Memoirs of the Life of William Collins, Esq., R. A., volume I, London: Longman, […] , page 227

Origin of mateless

From mate + -less.

Words formed from mateless

Questions about mateless

What does mateless mean?
Mateless means without a mate.
What part of speech is mateless?
Mateless is an adjective.

Words near mateless in the dictionary

  1. Matejka
  2. Matejkas
  3. Matelarag
  4. matelassé
  5. matelassés
  6. mateless
  7. matelessness
  8. matelot
  9. matelotage
  10. matelotages
  11. matelote

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