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placeless, a.|ˈpleɪslɪs|
[f. place n. + -less.]
†1. Without a fixed place or home; having no place. Obs. rare—1.
1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) V. 261 Þanne þe Saxons, strong men of armes, and placelees to wone ynne [L. Saxonum gens..sedibus vaga], were i-prayed of þe Britouns forto come in to Bretayne.
2. Not confined to place; not local; not bounded or defined. Also, not distinguishable from other places, devoid of local character.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. ii. Imposture 210 Holding a place-less place. 1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Sculler Wks. iii. 19/2 Such a placelesse place is Purgatory Created by the Pope without God's leaue. a1834Coleridge Picture 129 Placeless, as spirits. 1881Fraser Berkeley 212 Our placing and dating intelligence must be inadequate to the placeless and dateless Intellect. 1960T. Hughes Lupercal 18 And his white blown head going out between a sky and an earth That were bundled into placeless blackness. 1968Listener 28 Nov. 703/3 Even the restaurants in these places are steeped in placeless motorway fantasy.
3. Having no stated place or locality.
1644Prynne & Walker Fiennes's Trial 5 With the datelesse, namelesse, placelesse, seallesse Proclamation inclosed. 1878D. Campbell Rational & True Gosp. xv. 80 Dateless, placeless wonders are not very credible.
4. Having no place or post; out of office or remunerative employment.
1831Lincoln Herald 28 Jan., Placeless walked the pensive Whigs. 1864Sat. Rev. 13 Aug. 220/1 The landless and placeless Irish gentleman.
Hence ˈplacelessly adv.
1851H. Melville Moby Dick I. vii. 57 The beings who have placelessly perished without a grave.
Add: ˈplacelessness n.
1973M. McLuhan Let. 3 Jan. (1987) 459 He challenged the idea of the TV icon and the certification of placelessness. 1986Independent 1 Dec. 23 Agelessness has..become something of a cliché in any analysis of Grant's enduring appeal. Less often acknowledged..was his placelessness. |