mouthlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈmaʊθləs/, U.S.

/ˈmaʊθləs/

Forms: see mouth n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < mouth n. + -less suffix.

Having no mouth.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having no mouth

mouthlessOE

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > having no

mouthlessOE

OE Riddle 60 9 Lyt ic wende þæt ic ær oþþe sið æfre sceolde ofer meodubence muðleas sprecan, wordum wrixlan.

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Mouthles beastes, inora.

1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. P3^v Plinies Nosemen (mouthles men) surnam'd, Whose breathing nose supply'd Mouths absency.

1640 T. Nabbes Bride iv. i Tell me what Philosophers That eylesse, noselesse, mouthlesse statue is, And who the workman was.

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mouthless.

1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 131 The gonophores are developed upon special stalks, each of which has essentially the structure of a mouthless hydranth.

1910 Westm. Gaz. 12 Mar. 15/2 When newly hatched it [sc. a tadpole] is both mouthless and tailless.

1970 T. Hughes Crow 78 Eyeless and mouthless baldface he ran.

1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) iii. 221/2 The zygote develops from a fertilized egg into a microscopic blastula and then into a free-swimming, ciliated, solid mouthless larva called a planula.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	mouthless
释义	mouthlessadj. Brit. /ˈmaʊθləs/, U.S. /ˈmaʊθləs/ Forms: see mouth n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mouth n., -less suffix. Etymology: < mouth n. + -less suffix. Having no mouth. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > head and neck > [adjective] > having no mouth mouthlessOE the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > mouth > [adjective] > having no mouthlessOE OE Riddle 60 9 Lyt ic wende þæt ic ær oþþe sið æfre sceolde ofer meodubence muðleas sprecan, wordum wrixlan. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Mouthles beastes, inora. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. P3^v Plinies Nosemen (mouthles men) surnam'd, Whose breathing nose supply'd Mouths absency. 1640 T. Nabbes Bride iv. i Tell me what Philosophers That eylesse, noselesse, mouthlesse statue is, And who the workman was. 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Mouthless. 1877 T. H. Huxley Man. Anat. Invertebrated Animals iii. 131 The gonophores are developed upon special stalks, each of which has essentially the structure of a mouthless hydranth. 1910 Westm. Gaz. 12 Mar. 15/2 When newly hatched it [sc. a tadpole] is both mouthless and tailless. 1970 T. Hughes Crow 78 Eyeless and mouthless baldface he ran. 1998 L. Margulis & K. V. Schwartz Five Kingdoms (ed. 3) iii. 221/2 The zygote develops from a fertilized egg into a microscopic blastula and then into a free-swimming, ciliated, solid mouthless larva called a planula. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.OE
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