creaturelessadj.
/ˈkriːtʃələs/, U.S. /ˈkritʃərləs/ Without a creature or creatures.
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a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) 108 God was alone And creatureless at first.
1863 Times 14 Oct. 6/1 Being made like in the humility of creatureless fear to the great Creator Himself.
1916 Iowa Homestead (Des Moines) 22 June 18/2 The eyes look out alone over a seemingly creatureless scene of vastness.
1959 A. Eliot Sight & Insight xvii. 183 One draws near the center..at a fountain guarded by stone lions in a circle. Why lions? Why creatures again, here at the creatureless heart?
1999 Times (Nexis) 13 Apr. Animal lovers manage stress better, are more sociable and even have happier marriages than their creatureless compatriots.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.a1631- to give a crack
- to give a crap
- to give a date to
- to give a dead leg
- to give a dummy
- to give a easy ride
- to give a etc a bloody nose
- to give a etc a run for etc money
- to give a etc a run for her money
- to give a etc a run for his money
- to give a etc hand
- to give a etc per cent
- to go near to
- to go night-clubbing
- to go nightclubbing
- to go nine ways
- to go nine ways at at thrice
- to go nine ways at once
- to go non-linear
- to go nonlinear
- to go nova
- to go nowhere
- to go nuclear
- to go nutting
- to go odd or even