earlessadj.²n.

Brit.

/ˈɪələs/, U.S.

/ˈɪ(ə)rləs/

Forms: see ear n.¹ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ear n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < ear n.¹ + -less suffix.

1. Having no ears.

a. Of humans and animals.

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the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having ears > having no ears

earless1595

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [adjective] > having no

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1595 A. Copley Wits Fittes & Fancies i. 14 Your Lord is either balde, mangie, or earelesse.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Essoreillé,..earelesse, without eares.

1748 tr. Baron Huffumbourghausen Congr. Beasts i. viii. 28 An earless, tail-less Termagant..would tear out your Liver.

1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 598 He was..earless, eyeless, cheekless, noseless, and chinless.

1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 454 Rudimentary organs..as..the vestige of an ear in earless breeds.

1910 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 163 835/1 Anatomical defects may also be inherited germinally. Examples of this are albinism.., tailless cats, hornless cattle, earless sheep, etc.

1953 H. S. Zim & H. M. Smith Reptiles & Amphibians ii. 68 The Footless Lizard of California..has small eyes but is earless and limbless.

2011 New Yorker 21 Mar. 36/2 Harborseals belong to the family Phocidae... Their heads are smooth, like an earless dog's.

b. In the names of animals distinguished by the lack of visible ears.Recorded earliest in earless marmot n. at Compounds. See also earless seal n. at Compounds.

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1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 276 Earless [Marmot]... M[armot] without external ears, having only a small orifice on each side [of] the head.

1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 27) 43 The Earless Agamæ (Phrynocephalus) have the same irregular scales as the Mutable Agamæ, but they differ..by their ears being hid under the skin.

1893 Victorian Naturalist 9 15 White-lined Earless Lizard (Tympanocryptis lineatus).

1955 C. H. Pope Reptile World 277 Earless Lizards. (Holbrookia) The smaller species of lizards of the western United States are extremely confusing to the novice... The earless lizards constitute a happy exception.

2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 298/1 Infraorder Anguimorpha includes..Monitors (Varanidae), and Earless monitors (Lanthanotidae).

2. Unable or unwilling to hear, deaf; (also) having no ear for music (cf. ear n.¹ 6). Also as n. with the: deaf or tone-deaf people as a class.In quot. 1807 poetic: where nothing can be heard.

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society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [adjective] > not

unmusical1603

earless1605

mistuned1755

deaf1785

timber1815

untunable1851

rhythm-deaf1871

tone-deaf1894

amusical1906

1605 A. Warren Poverties Patience in Poore Mans Passions sig. I^v Lazarus midst his suits of miseries Sollicited the Gluttons earelesse gate.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 83 He..may..apprehend how all Words fall to the Ground, spent upon such a surd and Earless Generation of Men.

1790 A. Walker Ideas 302 Every sound, chromatic and grating, must be called in to be a kind of back-ground, and relieve the charming airs, which the most earless must allow to Italian music.

1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 134 Alone in some deep dungeon's earless den.

1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye I. 180 Weary of singing his songs to the earless rocks and sea waves.

1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind vi. 44 Just as the earless are given up as to music.

1906 National Engineer Aug. 28/2 The agitator and demagogue would then..belch forth their imprecations upon an earless world.

a1995 N. Slonimksy Writings on Music (2005) IV. x. 146 Of course, even the most earless individual can tell the sound of the double-bass from that of the flute.

1999 R. L. Hilliard & M. C. Keith Waves of Rancor vii. 203 Many people who join right-wing organizations are desperately seeking some answers to what they feel is an earless government and an uncaring world.

3. Conchology. Of a valve of a bivalve mollusc shell: lacking an ear or auricle. Now rare.

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1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 168 Those which have both auricles so small, that they appear wanting,..are therefore called earless.

1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 261 Aucella..left umbo prominent, earless.

1907 R. Etheridge Official Contrib. Paleontol. S. Austral. 11 in Proc. Parl. S. Austral. 3 On another fractured surface is ce[r]tainly the impression of an earless valve of a very small Peten.

4. Of a drinking vessel, jug, etc.: lacking a handle or handles. Cf. ear n.¹ 7a.

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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [adjective] > without handles

earless1831

1831 Christian Examiner, & Church of Ireland Mag. Apr. 282 She..took more complacently another draught of the tea and whiskey..and laid down the earless porringer.

1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 136 Dainty little earless china cups.

1941 T. Bell Out of this Furnace ii. xi. 182 She got an earless cup from the cupboard.

1999 Chapel Hill (Durham, N. Carolina) Herald (Nexis) 26 Dec. 3 Those earless mugs of hot refreshments are often difficult to handle—they burn our fingers.

Compounds

earless marmot n. now disused the European souslik or ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus, which lacks external ears.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Spermophilus (spermophile) > spermophilus citellus (suslik)

earless marmot1771

souslik1774

zizel1775

pouched marmot1870

sisel1879

1771Earless marmot [see sense 1b].

1839 J. Paget Hungary & Transylvania II. i. 7 In sandy districts the earless marmot is a constant source of amusement.

1918 W. E. Fitch Dietotherapy I. xx. 772 Other species are also eaten, namely, the Maryland Marmot, Bobath, and the..Earless Marmot.

earless seal n. any of various pinniped mammals constituting the family Phocidae, comprising the true seals, and distinguished from the eared seals by the lack of external ears and the inability to walk on all four limbs; = phocid n.

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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal

sealc893

sea-seala1398

seal-fishc1420

sea-veal1576

phoca1594

sea tun1601

sea-calf1616

rubb1694

swile1802

tang-fish1809

sea-pig1826

earless seal1833

phocacean1842

phocid1871

floe-flat1883

phocine1890

1833 Zool. Mag. No. 5. 147 The earless seal, whose figure illustrates the present article.

1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. XI. 723 The pinnigrades include three families, the earless seals,..the eared seals,..and the walruses.

2011 New Yorker 21 Mar. 36/2 Harborseals belong to the family Phocidae, the ‘earless’ seals, also called the ‘true’ seals.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	earless
释义	earlessadj.¹ Brit. /ˈɪələs/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rləs/ Forms: see ear n.² and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ear n.², -less suffix. Etymology: < ear n.² + -less suffix. Of a cereal plant, stalk, etc.: not bearing any ears of grain. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > cereal, corn, or grain > [adjective] > of cereal plants > having ears or in the ear > not having ears earless1591 1591 (?a1425) Adam & Eve (Huntington) in R. M. Lumiansky & D. Mill Chester Myst. Cycle (1974) I. 35 This earles corne grewe nexte the waye; of these offer I will todaye. 1777 N. Brit. Intelligencer 26 Feb. 268/2 The Farmer look'd, when, lo, he saw Full fourscore yards of earless straw! 1854 Friend 27 415/1 The stinted, earless corn and other crops—the dead potato tops..all speak a language sadly discouraging to the farmer. 1984 Plant Physiol. 74 363/2 The earless stalk continued to gain dry weight. 2010 J. E. Staller Maize Cobs & Cultures iii. 118 Many became fixated upon finding a homozygous, true breeding, earless form of Zea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). earlessadj.²n. Brit. /ˈɪələs/, U.S. /ˈɪ(ə)rləs/ Forms: see ear n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: ear n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < ear n.¹ + -less suffix. 1. Having no ears. a. Of humans and animals. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having ears > having no ears earless1595 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > ear > [adjective] > having no earless1595 1595 A. Copley Wits Fittes & Fancies i. 14 Your Lord is either balde, mangie, or earelesse. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Essoreillé,..earelesse, without eares. 1748 tr. Baron Huffumbourghausen Congr. Beasts i. viii. 28 An earless, tail-less Termagant..would tear out your Liver. 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 598 He was..earless, eyeless, cheekless, noseless, and chinless. 1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species xiii. 454 Rudimentary organs..as..the vestige of an ear in earless breeds. 1910 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 163 835/1 Anatomical defects may also be inherited germinally. Examples of this are albinism.., tailless cats, hornless cattle, earless sheep, etc. 1953 H. S. Zim & H. M. Smith Reptiles & Amphibians ii. 68 The Footless Lizard of California..has small eyes but is earless and limbless. 2011 New Yorker 21 Mar. 36/2 Harborseals belong to the family Phocidae... Their heads are smooth, like an earless dog's. b. In the names of animals distinguished by the lack of visible ears.Recorded earliest in earless marmot n. at Compounds. See also earless seal n. at Compounds. ΚΠ 1771 T. Pennant Synopsis Quadrupeds 276 Earless [Marmot]... M[armot] without external ears, having only a small orifice on each side [of] the head. 1832 Synopsis Contents Brit. Mus. (ed. 27) 43 The Earless Agamæ (Phrynocephalus) have the same irregular scales as the Mutable Agamæ, but they differ..by their ears being hid under the skin. 1893 Victorian Naturalist 9 15 White-lined Earless Lizard (Tympanocryptis lineatus). 1955 C. H. Pope Reptile World 277 Earless Lizards. (Holbrookia) The smaller species of lizards of the western United States are extremely confusing to the novice... The earless lizards constitute a happy exception. 2002 G. M. Eberhart Mysterious Creatures I. 298/1 Infraorder Anguimorpha includes..Monitors (Varanidae), and Earless monitors (Lanthanotidae). 2. Unable or unwilling to hear, deaf; (also) having no ear for music (cf. ear n.¹ 6). Also as n. with the: deaf or tone-deaf people as a class.In quot. 1807 poetic: where nothing can be heard. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > music appreciation > music lover > [adjective] > not unmusical1603 earless1605 mistuned1755 deaf1785 timber1815 untunable1851 rhythm-deaf1871 tone-deaf1894 amusical1906 1605 A. Warren Poverties Patience in Poore Mans Passions sig. I^v Lazarus midst his suits of miseries Sollicited the Gluttons earelesse gate. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 83 He..may..apprehend how all Words fall to the Ground, spent upon such a surd and Earless Generation of Men. 1790 A. Walker Ideas 302 Every sound, chromatic and grating, must be called in to be a kind of back-ground, and relieve the charming airs, which the most earless must allow to Italian music. 1807 W. Wordsworth Poems I. 134 Alone in some deep dungeon's earless den. 1865 A. Smith Summer in Skye I. 180 Weary of singing his songs to the earless rocks and sea waves. 1876 C. M. Yonge Womankind vi. 44 Just as the earless are given up as to music. 1906 National Engineer Aug. 28/2 The agitator and demagogue would then..belch forth their imprecations upon an earless world. a1995 N. Slonimksy Writings on Music (2005) IV. x. 146 Of course, even the most earless individual can tell the sound of the double-bass from that of the flute. 1999 R. L. Hilliard & M. C. Keith Waves of Rancor vii. 203 Many people who join right-wing organizations are desperately seeking some answers to what they feel is an earless government and an uncaring world. 3. Conchology. Of a valve of a bivalve mollusc shell: lacking an ear or auricle. Now rare. ΚΠ 1752 J. Hill Gen. Nat. Hist. III. 168 Those which have both auricles so small, that they appear wanting,..are therefore called earless. 1854 S. P. Woodward Man. Mollusca ii. 261 Aucella..left umbo prominent, earless. 1907 R. Etheridge Official Contrib. Paleontol. S. Austral. 11 in Proc. Parl. S. Austral. 3 On another fractured surface is ce[r]tainly the impression of an earless valve of a very small Peten. 4. Of a drinking vessel, jug, etc.: lacking a handle or handles. Cf. ear n.¹ 7a. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > drinking vessel > [adjective] > without handles earless1831 1831 Christian Examiner, & Church of Ireland Mag. Apr. 282 She..took more complacently another draught of the tea and whiskey..and laid down the earless porringer. 1870 E. Peacock Ralf Skirlaugh II. 136 Dainty little earless china cups. 1941 T. Bell Out of this Furnace ii. xi. 182 She got an earless cup from the cupboard. 1999 Chapel Hill (Durham, N. Carolina) Herald (Nexis) 26 Dec. 3 Those earless mugs of hot refreshments are often difficult to handle—they burn our fingers. Compounds earless marmot n. now disused the European souslik or ground squirrel, Spermophilus citellus, which lacks external ears. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Rodentia or rodent > [noun] > family Sciuridae (squirrel) > genus Spermophilus (spermophile) > spermophilus citellus (suslik) earless marmot1771 souslik1774 zizel1775 pouched marmot1870 sisel1879 1771Earless marmot [see sense 1b]. 1839 J. Paget Hungary & Transylvania II. i. 7 In sandy districts the earless marmot is a constant source of amusement. 1918 W. E. Fitch Dietotherapy I. xx. 772 Other species are also eaten, namely, the Maryland Marmot, Bobath, and the..Earless Marmot. earless seal n. any of various pinniped mammals constituting the family Phocidae, comprising the true seals, and distinguished from the eared seals by the lack of external ears and the inability to walk on all four limbs; = phocid n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Pinnipedia (seal, sea lion, or walrus) > [noun] > family Phocidae > seal sealc893 sea-seala1398 seal-fishc1420 sea-veal1576 phoca1594 sea tun1601 sea-calf1616 rubb1694 swile1802 tang-fish1809 sea-pig1826 earless seal1833 phocacean1842 phocid1871 floe-flat1883 phocine1890 1833 Zool. Mag. No. 5. 147 The earless seal, whose figure illustrates the present article. 1880 Libr. Universal Knowl. XI. 723 The pinnigrades include three families, the earless seals,..the eared seals,..and the walruses. 2011 New Yorker 21 Mar. 36/2 Harborseals belong to the family Phocidae, the ‘earless’ seals, also called the ‘true’ seals. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.¹1591adj.²n.1595
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earlessadj.¹

earlessadj.²n.