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单词 lineless
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linelessadj.

/ˈlʌɪnlɪs/
Etymology: < line n.2 + -less suffix.
1. Of a person: ? To whom no bounds can be set. Obsolete. rare. (If not a misprint for tirelesse.)
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1594 R. Carew tr. T. Tasso Godfrey of Bulloigne ii. 78 The tother is Circassian Argant cald..Vntreatable, vnpatient, vnappald, In armes linelesse [It. infaticabile], and peerlesse valiaunt.
2. Having no impressed or indented lines.
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the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > smoothness > [adjective] > without grooves or corrugations
unfurroweda1700
lineless1798
furrowlessa1847
grooveless1855
uncorrugated1863
1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 26 247 His countenances have the physiognomy of nature, not the vague lineless face of the statuaries.
1878 Tinsley's Mag. 23 70 Her face..was smooth and lineless.
1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 3 Through the endless summer evenings, on the lineless, level floors.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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