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nailless

nailless adjective: without a nail or nails.

Adjective

nailless (not comparable)

  1. Without a nail or nails.

Origin of nailless

From Middle English *nayllees, from Old English *næġllēas, from Proto-West Germanic *naglalaus, from Proto-Germanic *naglalausaz, equivalent to nail + -less. Cognate with Middle Low German nāgellôs (“nailless”), Dutch nagelloos (“nailless”), German nagellos (“nailless”), Icelandic naglalaus (“nailless”).

Questions about nailless

What does nailless mean?
Nailless means without a nail or nails.
What part of speech is nailless?
Nailless is an adjective.

Words near nailless in the dictionary

  1. nailist
  2. nailists
  3. nailkeg
  4. nailkegs
  5. Naill
  6. nailless
  7. naillike
  8. Naills
  9. nailmaker
  10. nailmaking
  11. Nailor

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