grandfatherlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡran(d)ˌfɑːðələs/, U.S.

/ˈɡræn(d)ˌfɑðərləs/

Forms: see grandfather n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < grandfather n. + -less suffix. Compare grandmotherless adj., fatherless adj.

Without a grandfather or grandfathers. Also: (in extended use) lacking socially prestigious ancestors.

ΚΠ

1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 57 Þan shall he be left..grauntfaderles.

1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. vii. 258 With one flourish of my pen I could make every mother's son of ye grandfatherless.

1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil (U.S. ed.) 200/2 The treatment which a roturier gets, therefore, from those above him, presents a fair opportunity for contrasting his value (measured by this scale) with that of a rich, but grandfatherless New-Yorker.

1885 D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold III. v. ii. 25 Grandfatherless persons whose manners smacked of mine and foundry.

1913 E. A. Baker Guide to Best Fiction in Eng. (new ed.) 487 A New Yorker in the eighteen-thirties..consents to his daughter's marriage to a grandfatherless man.

2013 S. Fink Five Days at Memorial Epil. 467 People don't want to be grandmotherless, people don't want to be grandfatherless.

Derivatives

ˈgrandfatherlessness n.

ΚΠ

1896 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 595 That salve for grandfatherlessness, indifference to rank and the opinions of others.

1897 P. Collier Amer. & Americans iii. 31 I cannot understand how it is that certain American critics sneer at this, and love to point out the grandfatherlessness of New York's social life.

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

单词	grandfatherless
释义	grandfatherlessadj. Brit. /ˈɡran(d)ˌfɑːðələs/, U.S. /ˈɡræn(d)ˌfɑðərləs/ Forms: see grandfather n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grandfather n., -less suffix. Etymology: < grandfather n. + -less suffix. Compare grandmotherless adj., fatherless adj. Without a grandfather or grandfathers. Also: (in extended use) lacking socially prestigious ancestors. ΚΠ 1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 57 Þan shall he be left..grauntfaderles. 1809 W. Irving Hist. N.Y. I. iv. vii. 258 With one flourish of my pen I could make every mother's son of ye grandfatherless. 1845 N. P. Willis Dashes at Life with Free Pencil (U.S. ed.) 200/2 The treatment which a roturier gets, therefore, from those above him, presents a fair opportunity for contrasting his value (measured by this scale) with that of a rich, but grandfatherless New-Yorker. 1885 D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold III. v. ii. 25 Grandfatherless persons whose manners smacked of mine and foundry. 1913 E. A. Baker Guide to Best Fiction in Eng. (new ed.) 487 A New Yorker in the eighteen-thirties..consents to his daughter's marriage to a grandfatherless man. 2013 S. Fink Five Days at Memorial Epil. 467 People don't want to be grandmotherless, people don't want to be grandfatherless. Derivatives ˈgrandfatherlessness n. ΚΠ 1896 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Apr. 595 That salve for grandfatherlessness, indifference to rank and the opinions of others. 1897 P. Collier Amer. & Americans iii. 31 I cannot understand how it is that certain American critics sneer at this, and love to point out the grandfatherlessness of New York's social life. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1424
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