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单词 babyless
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babylessadj.

Brit. /ˈbeɪbɪlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈbeɪbilᵻs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: baby n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < baby n. + -less suffix.
Without a baby or babies; having no babies; childless.
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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).
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