portlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈpɔːtləs/, U.S.

/ˈpɔrtləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: port n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < port n.¹ + -less suffix.

Without a port.

ΚΠ

1807 J. Barlow Columbiad x. 362 Her plains, long portless, now no more complain Of useless rills and fountains nursed in vain.

1865 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 258 The doctrine..that a portless or thoroughly blockaded power can have no belligerent status, has been defended.

1914 E. W. Wilcox Poems of Probl. 170 So again love's ship Goes sailing forth upon a portless sea From nowhere into nowhere.

1954 Times 3 Apr. 7/5 Britain cannot survive or indeed play any part in an all-out atomic war..In a week we would be portless and our communications centres blocks of rubble.

1981 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers 6 139 The [Iberian] peninsula lacks the continental resources to make a world capital of a central port-less city as has happened in the case of Russia and Moscow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	portless
释义	portlessadj. Brit. /ˈpɔːtləs/, U.S. /ˈpɔrtləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: port n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < port n.¹ + -less suffix. Without a port. ΚΠ 1807 J. Barlow Columbiad x. 362 Her plains, long portless, now no more complain Of useless rills and fountains nursed in vain. 1865 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 258 The doctrine..that a portless or thoroughly blockaded power can have no belligerent status, has been defended. 1914 E. W. Wilcox Poems of Probl. 170 So again love's ship Goes sailing forth upon a portless sea From nowhere into nowhere. 1954 Times 3 Apr. 7/5 Britain cannot survive or indeed play any part in an all-out atomic war..In a week we would be portless and our communications centres blocks of rubble. 1981 Trans. Inst. Brit. Geographers 6 139 The [Iberian] peninsula lacks the continental resources to make a world capital of a central port-less city as has happened in the case of Russia and Moscow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1807
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