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temperless

temperless adjective: untempered.

Adjective

temperless (comparative more temperless, superlative most temperless)

  1. Untempered.
    • All of the 60 analysable body sherds recovered from the refuse are plain and possess the temperless to slightly tempered paste with clay granule inclusions that characterized the majority of the previously described rim sherds.1971, Bulletin: Anthropological series - Issues 87-88, page 6
    • It may also be explained aesthetically: Pearl River potters seemed to prefer a more uniform, polished, "temperless" look for serving ware vessels.2006, Mark A. Rees, Patrick Livingood, Plaquemine Archaeology, page 124
  2. Showing no passion; impassive.
    • However formal and temperless may seem the greater part of the written diplomatic history of a nation, the real facts are often quite different.1887, John Robert Irelan, The Republic
    • ' I always felt you were no gentleman, and this proves it,' remarks the disconsolate yet temperless Ladlaw, as he pockets his cash.1900, Harvey Buxon, Our Remarkable Fledger, page 208

Forms of temperless

comparativemore temperless
superlativemost temperless

Origin of temperless

From temper + -less.

Questions about temperless

What does temperless mean?
Temperless means untempered.
What part of speech is temperless?
Temperless is an adjective.

Words near temperless in the dictionary

  1. temperest
  2. tempereth
  3. tempering
  4. temperings
  5. temperish
  6. temperless
  7. Temperley
  8. temperment
  9. tempermental
  10. temperments
  11. temperoammonic

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