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printless

printless adjective: without an imprint.

Adjective

printless (not comparable)

  1. without an imprint.
    • And ye that on the sands with printless foot / Do chase the ebbing Neptune[…]1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. without printing, devoid of printing things.

Origin of printless

From print + -less.

Words formed from printless

Questions about printless

What does printless mean?
Printless means without an imprint.
What part of speech is printless?
Printless is an adjective.

Words near printless in the dictionary

  1. printing up
  2. printing-house
  3. printing-houses
  4. printing-press money
  5. printings
  6. printless
  7. printlessness
  8. printlike
  9. printline
  10. printlines
  11. printmaker

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