kinglessadj.

Brit.

/ˈkɪŋlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈkɪŋlᵻs/

Forms: see king n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < king n. + -less suffix. Compare Old Icelandic konunglauss, Old Swedish konunglös (Swedish konunglös, konungalös), Danish kongeløs (already in early modern Danish).

Without a king; having no king.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > without a ruler or chief

kinglessc1325

acephalc1550

guideless1561

acephalic1656

acephalous1715

chiefless1742

c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2289 Þe kinglai ded þar, Þo was þis lond king les.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9344 Kyngles sal yee be fra þat dai.

c1440 Tomas of Ersseldoune (Thornton) (1875) 389 (MED) Sex thowsand ynglysche..Sall there be slane..Than sall scottland kyngles stande.

a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ii. 24 Sir, we ben kyngeles, for he that we haue is nought worth.

1601 R. Verstegan Odes sig. C3 The due disgraceful state, Of their stil kinglesse and contemptuous race.

1683 W. Williams Answer Mr. Hunt's Postscript 17 I find no approbation of such as the Kingless Keepers of the Liberty of England.

1799 Llewellin III. vi. 158 Isabel, Mortimer, and Tarleton, the infamous triumvirate that then ruled the kingless realm.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxxxvi. 54 They fight for freedom who were never free; A Kingless people for a nerveless state.

1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 353 The kingless Turkoman hordes say of themselves ‘We are a people without a head’.

1903 Daily Chron. 6 June 3/1 London has risen to its present cosmopolitan prosperity on the social ruin of a kingless Paris.

1967 Bull. Atomic Scientists Nov. 21/1 The military junta..now governing the kingless Kingdom of Greece has been interested in the universities from the very beginning.

2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. 16 We plebs need someone to worship. Who can we turn to in this godless, kingless age?

Derivatives

ˈkinglessness n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of power > [noun] > lack of ruler or chief

acephalisis1611

unkingshipa1684

kinglessness1845

1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches IV. 183 But Puritanism, the King of it once away, fell loose very naturally in every fibre,—fell into Kinglessness, what we call Anarchy.

1932 Classical Rev. 46 261/1 A period of kinglessness under Cassander's rule.

2014 Canberra Times (Nexis) 14 Jan. Brian died in the battle, leaving Ireland in its traditional condition of kinglessness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kingless
释义	kinglessadj. Brit. /ˈkɪŋlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈkɪŋlᵻs/ Forms: see king n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: king n., -less suffix. Etymology: < king n. + -less suffix. Compare Old Icelandic konunglauss, Old Swedish konunglös (Swedish konunglös, konungalös), Danish kongeløs (already in early modern Danish). Without a king; having no king. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [adjective] > without a ruler or chief kinglessc1325 acephalc1550 guideless1561 acephalic1656 acephalous1715 chiefless1742 c1325 (c1300) Chron. Robert of Gloucester (Calig.) 2289 Þe kinglai ded þar, Þo was þis lond king les. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 9344 Kyngles sal yee be fra þat dai. c1440 Tomas of Ersseldoune (Thornton) (1875) 389 (MED) Sex thowsand ynglysche..Sall there be slane..Than sall scottland kyngles stande. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin ii. 24 Sir, we ben kyngeles, for he that we haue is nought worth. 1601 R. Verstegan Odes sig. C3 The due disgraceful state, Of their stil kinglesse and contemptuous race. 1683 W. Williams Answer Mr. Hunt's Postscript 17 I find no approbation of such as the Kingless Keepers of the Liberty of England. 1799 Llewellin III. vi. 158 Isabel, Mortimer, and Tarleton, the infamous triumvirate that then ruled the kingless realm. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II i. lxxxvi. 54 They fight for freedom who were never free; A Kingless people for a nerveless state. 1871 E. B. Tylor Primitive Culture I. 353 The kingless Turkoman hordes say of themselves ‘We are a people without a head’. 1903 Daily Chron. 6 June 3/1 London has risen to its present cosmopolitan prosperity on the social ruin of a kingless Paris. 1967 Bull. Atomic Scientists Nov. 21/1 The military junta..now governing the kingless Kingdom of Greece has been interested in the universities from the very beginning. 2011 Sunday Times (Nexis) 6 Mar. 16 We plebs need someone to worship. Who can we turn to in this godless, kingless age? Derivatives ˈkinglessness n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of power > [noun] > lack of ruler or chief acephalisis1611 unkingshipa1684 kinglessness1845 1845 T. Carlyle in O. Cromwell Lett. & Speeches IV. 183 But Puritanism, the King of it once away, fell loose very naturally in every fibre,—fell into Kinglessness, what we call Anarchy. 1932 Classical Rev. 46 261/1 A period of kinglessness under Cassander's rule. 2014 Canberra Times (Nexis) 14 Jan. Brian died in the battle, leaving Ireland in its traditional condition of kinglessness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1325
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