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sonless, a.|ˈsʌnlɪs|
Also 5 soneles, 6 sonnelesse, 7 -less, sonlesse.
[f. son n.1 + -less.]
Having no son; destitute of a son or sons.
1388Wyclif Gen. xxvii. 45 Whi schal Y be maad soneles of euer eithir sone in o dai? 1588T. Hughes Misfort. Arthur v. i. (1900) 118 The wofull Fathers hart, That sawe himselfe thus made a Sonnelesse Sire. 1602Marston Antonio's Rev. iii. i, A sonne, That..doth complot To make her sonlesse. 1610Heywood Gold. Age ii. i, Thus melancholy Saturne hath suruiuing Three Noble sonnes..And yet himselfe thinks sonneless. 1753–4Richardson Grandison (1781) I. 291 Many fatherless, brotherless, sonless families. 1832Blackw. Mag. XXXI. 166 The good old king, whom he has made sonless. 1874Green Short Hist. (1881) I. 150 No baron if he was sonless could give a husband to his daughter save with his lord's consent. |