different between handless vs sandless
handless
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hændl?s/
Etymology 1
From Middle English handles, from Old English *handl?as, from Proto-Germanic *handulausaz (“handless”), equivalent to hand +? -less. Cognate with West Frisian hânleas (“handless”), German handlos (“handless”), Icelandic handlauss (“handless”).
Adjective
handless (comparative more handless, superlative most handless)
- Without a hand.
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 5, scene 5:
- Together with his mangled Myrmidons, That noseless, handless, hack'd and chipp'd, come to him
- c. 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, act 5, scene 5:
- (obsolete) Not handy; awkward.
- 1891, Dugald Ferguson, Vicissitudes of Bush Life in Australia and New Zealand (page 55)
- This, however, was a thing that, left to himself, would have simply rendered Bill Lampiere a most handless workman at everything he attempted.
- 1891, Dugald Ferguson, Vicissitudes of Bush Life in Australia and New Zealand (page 55)
Translations
Etymology 2
From handleless, by haplology, under the influence of etymology 1 above.
Adjective
handless (not comparable)
- Without a handle.
- 1836, The Metropolitan, Volume 15, page 148:
- One battered, spoutless, handless, japanned-in jug, that did not contain water, for it leaked.
- 2003, Manners... More than Etiquette, page 91:
- Chinese soup is sipped in a handless cup (Chinese soup bowl) with its own soupspoon.
- 1836, The Metropolitan, Volume 15, page 148:
Translations
Anagrams
- handsels
handless From the web:
sandless
English
Etymology
sand +? -less
Adjective
sandless (not comparable)
- Without sand.
Translations
sandless From the web:
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