mothlessadj.
/ˈmɒθləs/, U.S. /ˈmɔθləs/, /ˈmɑθləs/ Void of or free from moths. Also in extended use.
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a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 212 'Tis you protect their pregnant hour; And when the birth's at hand, Exerting your obstetric pow'r Prevent a mothless land.
1924 J. Galsworthy White Monkey ii. xii, in Mod. Comedy (1929) 163 He went into the hall, and from the mothless marble coffer rived his thickest coat.
1933 J. V. Cunningham in Hound & Horn Oct.–Dec. 67 Dazed with the mothless meaning of old lamps, For I am more than half what I have read.
1986 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) (Nexis) 2 Sept. b1 Household Utopia: flea-free pets, sparkling floors, mothless closets.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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