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titleless

titleless adjective: having no title; nameless.

Adjective

titleless (comparative more titleless, superlative most titleless)

  1. Having no title; nameless.
    • The first four drafts were swept down a manhole and a long, titleless book began to evolve.2010, Larry McMurtry, Moving On, page 7
  2. Without noble title; common.
    • Coriolanus / He would not answer to: forbad all names; / He was a kind of nothing, titleless, / Till he had forged himself a name o' the fire / Of burning Rome.1623, Shakespeare, Coriolanus, V, I, 11

Forms of titleless

comparativemore titleless
superlativemost titleless

Origin of titleless

From Middle English titleles, titlelees, equivalent to title + -less.

Words formed from titleless

Questions about titleless

What does titleless mean?
Titleless means having no title; nameless.
What part of speech is titleless?
Titleless is an adjective.

Words near titleless in the dictionary

  1. titlecasing
  2. titled
  3. titleholder
  4. titleholders
  5. titleholding
  6. titleless
  7. titlelessness
  8. titlene
  9. titlenes
  10. titlepage
  11. titlepages

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