foodlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈfuːdləs/, U.S.

/ˈfudləs/

Forms: see food n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < food n. + -less suffix.

a. Of a person or animal: having no food. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > having no food

meatlessOE

fleshlessc1394

foodlessc1450

supperless1509

baitless1600

victless?1615

provisionless1781

cornless1828

appleless1830

victual-less1831

bread-and-butterless1850

faggotless1867

tuckerless1937

c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2155 Loo, oure folez ere in fere fodeles to dye.

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 76 Nor yet [shall] his sede foodelesse seene for to be.

1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers f. 10 Thou now art almost foodlesse, by me thou shalt be satisfied with the best.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 180 But note we now, towards the rich Moluques, Those passing strange and wondrous (birds) Mamuques... Food-lesse they liue, for th' Aire alonely feeds them, Wing-lesse they flie.

a1671 M. Casaubon Treat. Spirits (1672) i. 50 A very learned man was answered: who also wrote the story of one of these foodless, or if we may so call them, Aerial Spiritual creatures.

1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. 413 Both constrain'd to wield Foodless, the scythe.

1749 L. Pilkington Mem. (new ed.) II. 211 I, though foodless, never spent three Hours more disagreeably.

1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 302 Joan the while Foodless and silent to the Convent pass'd.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 27 Foodless toads Within voluptuous chambers panting crawled.

1880 Earl of Dunraven in 19th Cent. Sept. 454 Our entirely foodless stomachs..indicated that it was past noon.

1887 A. C. Swinburne Locrine iv. i. 105 So shall fear, mistrust, and jealous hate Lie foodless.

1901 Geogr. Jrnl. 17 115 The boys were foodless, and, but for a timely shot at a baboon, would have had nothing to eat since leaving the steamer.

1955 K. Tynan Let. 22 May (1994) iii. 204 I was suddenly beset by a vile intestinal upheaval which kept me in bed and foodless.

1995 B. Bryson Notes from Small Island (1996) ix. 126 Some people sat foodless for ages while others at their table were presented all their courses more or less at once.

b. Of a country, place, etc.: devoid of food; not yielding food; barren, unproductive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > barren or desert

barren1377

desert1393

bleaka1552

blunt1553

foodless1581

bleach1598

landless1606

desertuous1632

bald1642

bleaky1687

parsimonious1713

Saharan1849

deserty1891

Saharic1892

Saharian1897

desertic1936

scalded1936

1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus i, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 190 O well was I, when as I liued a leare, Not in the barren balkes of fallow land, Nor in Thessalia on the foodelesse cliues [L. ieiuna..iugera], But now among rough Trachin craggy Rocks.

1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis viii. 150 There, in a stony field, sad Famine found, Tearing with teeth and nailes the foodlesse ground.

1636 G. Sandys Paraphr. Psalms (1638) cvii. 131 He in foodless Deserts fed The Hungry.

1726 J. Thomson Winter 10 The foodless Wilds Pour forth their brown Inhabitants.

1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 147 Across The trackless plain, frae foodless forests led.

1842 R. Oastler Fleet Papers II. 359 Their home..was foodless.

1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 199 Vast foodless tracts have to be traversed by her ships, the camels of the ocean.

1907 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 6 117 One of my duties was to select a site for a supply station midway in an uninhabited, and consequently foodless, country which required twenty days' marching to traverse.

1945 Ecol. Monogr. 15 8/2 Similar human activities..may often leave large tracts of land nearly foodless and coverless for bobwhites.

1999 Select Feb. 66/2 After becoming trapped in a foodless fort during the Mexican-American War, a group of US soldiers gradually become psychotic with hunger.

2. Lacking any nutritive value; innutritious.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > nourishing > not

mistrum?c1225

leanc1325

weak1382

hungry1561

excremental1576

unnourishable1590

low1603

excrementitial1620

heartless1620

excrementitious1623

inalimental1626

sustenanceless1630

lifeless1633

excrementious1636

oligotrophic1659

meagre1663

unnutritive1700

innutritious1796

unnutritious1821

innutrient1822

unalimentary1822

unnourishing1826

innutritive1844

foodless1916

1891 Independent (N.Y.) 13 Aug. 8/1 Alcohol is shown to be foodless.

1916 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 4 Feb. 8/3 Of such food, which may be adequately described as foodless food, there are tons now being consumed by the school children of America.

1954 Times 24 July 2/4 For a long time many people felt that so-called foodless foods should be forbidden and..this was in the Bill. It meant that the public would no longer get meringues made out of cotton wool.

2005 Associated Press Worldstream (Nexis) 15 Oct. ‘All fried food is obnoxious food,’ she says. ‘Frying kills nutrition and makes it a foodless food.’

Derivatives

ˈfoodlessness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > state of having no food

foodlessness1852

1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 10 Galls them no more their foodlessness or fag.

1950 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 4 Dec. 4/5 It requires but a few days of complete foodlessness to bring death from starvation when snow covers the grounds.

2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 10 Oct. 20 No matter that the natives are vile, the days are long, and steak frites are always a catwalk away—gracelessness, sleeplessness and foodlessness can all be endured if you have enough beautiful clothes to look at.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	foodless
释义	foodlessadj. Brit. /ˈfuːdləs/, U.S. /ˈfudləs/ Forms: see food n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: food n., -less suffix. Etymology: < food n. + -less suffix. 1. a. Of a person or animal: having no food. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [adjective] > having no food meatlessOE fleshlessc1394 foodlessc1450 supperless1509 baitless1600 victless?1615 provisionless1781 cornless1828 appleless1830 victual-less1831 bread-and-butterless1850 faggotless1867 tuckerless1937 c1450 (?a1400) Wars Alexander (Ashm.) l. 2155 Loo, oure folez ere in fere fodeles to dye. a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 76 Nor yet [shall] his sede foodelesse seene for to be. 1584 T. Lodge Alarum against Vsurers f. 10 Thou now art almost foodlesse, by me thou shalt be satisfied with the best. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 180 But note we now, towards the rich Moluques, Those passing strange and wondrous (birds) Mamuques... Food-lesse they liue, for th' Aire alonely feeds them, Wing-lesse they flie. a1671 M. Casaubon Treat. Spirits (1672) i. 50 A very learned man was answered: who also wrote the story of one of these foodless, or if we may so call them, Aerial Spiritual creatures. 1726 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey IV. xviii. 413 Both constrain'd to wield Foodless, the scythe. 1749 L. Pilkington Mem. (new ed.) II. 211 I, though foodless, never spent three Hours more disagreeably. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 302 Joan the while Foodless and silent to the Convent pass'd. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 27 Foodless toads Within voluptuous chambers panting crawled. 1880 Earl of Dunraven in 19th Cent. Sept. 454 Our entirely foodless stomachs..indicated that it was past noon. 1887 A. C. Swinburne Locrine iv. i. 105 So shall fear, mistrust, and jealous hate Lie foodless. 1901 Geogr. Jrnl. 17 115 The boys were foodless, and, but for a timely shot at a baboon, would have had nothing to eat since leaving the steamer. 1955 K. Tynan Let. 22 May (1994) iii. 204 I was suddenly beset by a vile intestinal upheaval which kept me in bed and foodless. 1995 B. Bryson Notes from Small Island (1996) ix. 126 Some people sat foodless for ages while others at their table were presented all their courses more or less at once. b. Of a country, place, etc.: devoid of food; not yielding food; barren, unproductive. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [adjective] > barren or desert barren1377 desert1393 bleaka1552 blunt1553 foodless1581 bleach1598 landless1606 desertuous1632 bald1642 bleaky1687 parsimonious1713 Saharan1849 deserty1891 Saharic1892 Saharian1897 desertic1936 scalded1936 1581 J. Studley tr. Seneca Hercules Oetæus i, in T. Newton et al. tr. Seneca 10 Trag. f. 190 O well was I, when as I liued a leare, Not in the barren balkes of fallow land, Nor in Thessalia on the foodelesse cliues [L. ieiuna..iugera], But now among rough Trachin craggy Rocks. 1626 G. Sandys tr. Ovid Metamorphosis viii. 150 There, in a stony field, sad Famine found, Tearing with teeth and nailes the foodlesse ground. 1636 G. Sandys Paraphr. Psalms (1638) cvii. 131 He in foodless Deserts fed The Hungry. 1726 J. Thomson Winter 10 The foodless Wilds Pour forth their brown Inhabitants. 1789 D. Davidson Thoughts Seasons 147 Across The trackless plain, frae foodless forests led. 1842 R. Oastler Fleet Papers II. 359 Their home..was foodless. 1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 199 Vast foodless tracts have to be traversed by her ships, the camels of the ocean. 1907 Jrnl. Afr. Soc. 6 117 One of my duties was to select a site for a supply station midway in an uninhabited, and consequently foodless, country which required twenty days' marching to traverse. 1945 Ecol. Monogr. 15 8/2 Similar human activities..may often leave large tracts of land nearly foodless and coverless for bobwhites. 1999 Select Feb. 66/2 After becoming trapped in a foodless fort during the Mexican-American War, a group of US soldiers gradually become psychotic with hunger. 2. Lacking any nutritive value; innutritious. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > nourishing > not mistrum?c1225 leanc1325 weak1382 hungry1561 excremental1576 unnourishable1590 low1603 excrementitial1620 heartless1620 excrementitious1623 inalimental1626 sustenanceless1630 lifeless1633 excrementious1636 oligotrophic1659 meagre1663 unnutritive1700 innutritious1796 unnutritious1821 innutrient1822 unalimentary1822 unnourishing1826 innutritive1844 foodless1916 1891 Independent (N.Y.) 13 Aug. 8/1 Alcohol is shown to be foodless. 1916 Sheboygan (Wisconsin) Press 4 Feb. 8/3 Of such food, which may be adequately described as foodless food, there are tons now being consumed by the school children of America. 1954 Times 24 July 2/4 For a long time many people felt that so-called foodless foods should be forbidden and..this was in the Bill. It meant that the public would no longer get meringues made out of cotton wool. 2005 Associated Press Worldstream (Nexis) 15 Oct. ‘All fried food is obnoxious food,’ she says. ‘Frying kills nutrition and makes it a foodless food.’ Derivatives ˈfoodlessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > state of having no food foodlessness1852 1852 Meanderings of Memory I. 10 Galls them no more their foodlessness or fag. 1950 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 4 Dec. 4/5 It requires but a few days of complete foodlessness to bring death from starvation when snow covers the grounds. 2002 Evening Standard (Nexis) 10 Oct. 20 No matter that the natives are vile, the days are long, and steak frites are always a catwalk away—gracelessness, sleeplessness and foodlessness can all be endured if you have enough beautiful clothes to look at. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1450
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