childrenlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈtʃɪldr(ə)nləs/,

/ˈtʃʊldr(ə)nləs/, U.S.

/ˈtʃɪldr(ə)nləs/

Forms: see child n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English children , child n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < children, plural of child n. (see Forms 2aδ. at that entry) + -less suffix. Compare earlier childless adj. and later childerless adj.

Without children. Cf. childless adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [adjective] > childless

childlessc1175

daughterlessc1300

childrenlessa1387

bairnlessa1400

sonlessa1425

issueless1447

childerless1549

orb1607

unchilded1610

babyless1852

a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 183 Þese men..dradde also þat longe abidynge from home in werre..schulde make hem childrenlese.

1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Hiij If thoue be ryche, and chyldrenles.

1649 H. Holland Christian Looking-glasse 28 She covets the company of her branches, desires not to have them lopt of or to live like a mother childernlesse.

1872 Vermont Watchman & State Jrnl. 18 Dec. 1/5 Mrs. Do-it-Brown, one of your thoroughly neat, childrenless, white-aproned women.

1923 Gleaner (Kingston) 15 Nov. 12/6 (advt.) Wanted... Childrenless tenant for the upper floor of Bon View, Bon Air Avenue Woodford Park.

2001 Amer. Stud. 42 79 Half of the nation's families are childrenless couples.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	childrenless
释义	childrenlessadj. Brit. /ˈtʃɪldr(ə)nləs/, /ˈtʃʊldr(ə)nləs/, U.S. /ˈtʃɪldr(ə)nləs/ Forms: see child n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: English children , child n., -less suffix. Etymology: < children, plural of child n. (see Forms 2aδ. at that entry) + -less suffix. Compare earlier childless adj. and later childerless adj. Without children. Cf. childless adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [adjective] > childless childlessc1175 daughterlessc1300 childrenlessa1387 bairnlessa1400 sonlessa1425 issueless1447 childerless1549 orb1607 unchilded1610 babyless1852 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1865) I. 183 Þese men..dradde also þat longe abidynge from home in werre..schulde make hem childrenlese. 1566 T. Drant tr. Horace Medicinable Morall sig. Hiij If thoue be ryche, and chyldrenles. 1649 H. Holland Christian Looking-glasse 28 She covets the company of her branches, desires not to have them lopt of or to live like a mother childernlesse. 1872 Vermont Watchman & State Jrnl. 18 Dec. 1/5 Mrs. Do-it-Brown, one of your thoroughly neat, childrenless, white-aproned women. 1923 Gleaner (Kingston) 15 Nov. 12/6 (advt.) Wanted... Childrenless tenant for the upper floor of Bon View, Bon Air Avenue Woodford Park. 2001 Amer. Stud. 42 79 Half of the nation's families are childrenless couples. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1387
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