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单词 playless
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playlessadj.

Brit. /ˈpleɪlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈpleɪləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: play n., -less suffix.
Etymology: < play n. + -less suffix, after playful adj.
Without play; lacking plays.
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a1834 J. Gillman Life of S. T. Coleridge i. 17 [Quoting Coleridge] From eight to fourteen I was a playless day-dreamer, a helluo librorum.
1882 C. S. in Society 14 Oct. 11/1 Is not France in the same deplorable playless condition?
1889 Daily News 28 May 5/2 The playless playgrounds of French schools.
1973 J. S. Bruner Beyond Information Given xvii. 302 The picture of development drawn thus far is much too task-directed, too playless to be characteristic of the first year of life.
2001 Gloucester Citizen (Nexis) 17 May 45 At lunchtime the smart money had been on a playless day following heavy overnight rain, topped up by a violent mid-morning storm.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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