单词 | babyless |
释义 | babylessadj. Without a baby or babies; having no babies; childless. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > parenthood > [adjective] > childless childlessc1175 daughterlessc1300 childrenlessa1387 bairnlessa1400 sonlessa1425 issueless1447 childerless1549 orb1607 unchilded1610 babyless1852 1852 A. Marsh-Caldwell Castle Avon I. xii. 242 He above, the Almighty, has taken my child from my bosom; and I was more than a widow—a babyless mother. 1871 C. Rossetti Sing Song 125 Motherless baby and babyless mother. 1903 K. M. H. Caffyn He for God Only vii. 60 The minor attributes of other people's babies, and the sufferings they entail upon their mothers, when..gone into by the happy sufferers, will in time weigh upon a babyless woman. 1958 Times 2 Oct. 12/7 Being awake and babyless we lose no time crossing the gangway into the ship. 2002 enRoute July 41/1 Are dogs the next loci of consumer indulgence in a middle-class world of babyless houses and unallocated disposable income? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1852 |
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