different between characterless vs overt

English

Etymology

character +? -less

Adjective

characterless (comparative more characterless, superlative most characterless)

1. Having no distinguishing character or quality.
   • 1855, William Cooper Nell, Harriet Beecher Stowe, The Colored Patriots of the American Revolution,

     The great mass of American citizens estimate us, as being a characterless and purposeless people ; and hence we hold up our heads, if at all, against the withering influence of a nation's scorn and contempt.

   • 1944, Emily Carr, The House of All Sorts, "Friction," [1]

     The House of All Sorts was new and characterless. It had not yet found itself—and an apartment house takes longer to find itself than do individual private houses.

2. Lacking in or devoid of personality.

Translations

Anagrams

• clearstarches

English

Etymology

From Middle English overt, uverte (“open, uncovered; unfastened; accessible, unobstructed; clear, manifest”), from Anglo-Norman overt, Middle French ouvert, Old French overt, ouvert, uvert (“opened”) (modern French ouvert), past participle of Anglo-Norman, Old French ovrir, ouvrir, uvrir (“to open”), from Late Latin operire, variant of Latin aper?re (“to open”), from aperi? (“to open, uncover”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?epó (“away; from”) + *h?wer- (“to cover, shut”). The English word is a doublet of ouvert.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?(?)?v??t/, /???v?(?)t/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /o??v?t/, /?o?v?t/
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Adjective

overt (not comparable)

1. Open and not concealed or secret.

   Synonyms: manifest, open, patent, plain, unconcealed

   Antonyms: covert, hidden, nonovert; see also Thesaurus:covert

Derived terms

Related terms

• overture

Antonyms

• covert

Translations

References

Anagrams

• orvet, trove, voter

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *opertus, from Latin apertus.

Verb

overt

1. past participle of ovrir

Descendants

• Middle French: ouvert
  • French: ouvert (see there for further descendants)
• Norman: ouvaert ouvèrt, ouvert
• ? Middle English: overt, uverte
  • English: overt
  • Scots: overt, ovart