noselessadj.

Brit.

/ˈnəʊzləs/, U.S.

/ˈnoʊzləs/

Forms: see nose n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < nose n. + -less suffix.

Deprived of or lacking a nose; that has lost the nose.In quot. 1826 spec. as a result of syphilis.

ΘΚΠ

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

noselessa1398

unnosed1598

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 286 Some [Cyclops] beþ al hedles and noseles.

a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 8749 (MED) Þogh a man might noseles be, A loþely þing it were to see.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxxxv For he that is sure, and to a fray wyll renne May fortune come home agayne, nosles or lame.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. v. 34 His mangled Myrmidons That noselesse, handlesse, hackt and chipt come to him. Crying on Hector.

1647 J. Pawson On Detractors in J. Hall Poems sig. A8 Thou need'st no nose-lesse monuments display.

1689 N. Lee Princess of Cleve v. i. 62 Were she a Witch, a Bawd, a Noseless Whore, I cou'd forgive her, so she were no more.

1727 J. Gay Fables I. xlvii. 161 My shanks, sunk eyes, and noseless face Prove my pretension to the place.

1800 Monthly Mag. 8 727 O'er the pale picture, and the noseless bust, Oblivion strews a soft sepulchral dust.

1826 Lancet 4 Mar. 766/2 These true disciples of Mars, like him, were caught..with some noseless beauty, redolent of oezena [sic] and blue pill.

1892 Marquess of Lansdowne Let. 5 Apr. in Ld. Newton Ld. Lansdowne (1929) iii. 96 There was the usual ghastly array of noseless faces, and feet and hands without toes and fingers.

1914 Science 27 Mar. 474/2 In the sand tests, the normal larvæ as they grew older showed an adaptation... The noseless individuals showed no such adaptation.

1951 Man 51 137/1 The Vedas speak of aboriginal noseless people and call them Dasyus.

1990 K. Newman Bad Dreams (BNC) 195 His face was dead. He was a noseless, lipless, leather-cheeked horror-comic-from-the-'50s dead person.

Derivatives

ˈnoselessly adv. rare

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adverb] > without

noselessly1854

1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxxv. 348 Senators namelessly, noselessly, noiselessly seated.

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

单词	noseless
释义	noselessadj. Brit. /ˈnəʊzləs/, U.S. /ˈnoʊzləs/ Forms: see nose n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nose n., -less suffix. Etymology: < nose n. + -less suffix. Deprived of or lacking a nose; that has lost the nose.In quot. 1826 spec. as a result of syphilis. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adjective] > having no noselessa1398 unnosed1598 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 286 Some [Cyclops] beþ al hedles and noseles. a1475 Sidrak & Bokkus (Lansd.) (Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Washington) (1965) 8749 (MED) Þogh a man might noseles be, A loþely þing it were to see. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. lxxxxv For he that is sure, and to a fray wyll renne May fortune come home agayne, nosles or lame. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. v. 34 His mangled Myrmidons That noselesse, handlesse, hackt and chipt come to him. Crying on Hector. View more context for this quotation 1647 J. Pawson On Detractors in J. Hall Poems sig. A8 Thou need'st no nose-lesse monuments display. 1689 N. Lee Princess of Cleve v. i. 62 Were she a Witch, a Bawd, a Noseless Whore, I cou'd forgive her, so she were no more. 1727 J. Gay Fables I. xlvii. 161 My shanks, sunk eyes, and noseless face Prove my pretension to the place. 1800 Monthly Mag. 8 727 O'er the pale picture, and the noseless bust, Oblivion strews a soft sepulchral dust. 1826 Lancet 4 Mar. 766/2 These true disciples of Mars, like him, were caught..with some noseless beauty, redolent of oezena [sic] and blue pill. 1892 Marquess of Lansdowne Let. 5 Apr. in Ld. Newton Ld. Lansdowne (1929) iii. 96 There was the usual ghastly array of noseless faces, and feet and hands without toes and fingers. 1914 Science 27 Mar. 474/2 In the sand tests, the normal larvæ as they grew older showed an adaptation... The noseless individuals showed no such adaptation. 1951 Man 51 137/1 The Vedas speak of aboriginal noseless people and call them Dasyus. 1990 K. Newman Bad Dreams (BNC) 195 His face was dead. He was a noseless, lipless, leather-cheeked horror-comic-from-the-'50s dead person. Derivatives ˈnoselessly adv. rare ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > nose > [adverb] > without noselessly1854 1854 W. M. Thackeray Newcomes I. xxxv. 348 Senators namelessly, noselessly, noiselessly seated. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1398
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