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teemless

teemless adjective: unfruitful, unprolific, or barren.

Adjective

teemless (not comparable)

  1. (archaic, poetic) unfruitful, unprolific, or barren.
    • a teemless earth1687, [John Dryden], “(please specify the page number)”, in The Hind and the Panther. A Poem, in Three Parts, 2nd edition, London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC

Origin of teemless

From teem + -less.

Questions about teemless

What does teemless mean?
Teemless means unfruitful, unprolific, or barren.
What part of speech is teemless?
Teemless is an adjective.

Words near teemless in the dictionary

  1. teeming
  2. teeming down
  3. teeming with
  4. teemingly
  5. teemingness
  6. teemless
  7. teems
  8. teems down
  9. teems with
  10. teen
  11. teen babies

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