stafflessadj.

Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstaffless.

1. Without a staff. rare.

ΚΠ

a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 67 Hereat the Queen in some passion snatching the staff out of his hand... The Lord waited Stafflesse almost a day..before the same was reconferred upon him.

2. Having no business or domestic staff; without employees. Also transferred.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > in (regular) employment > without staff

staffless1957

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [adjective] > having a servant > not having servants

servantless1883

staffless1957

1957 ‘P. Portobello’ How to be Deb's Mum 38 Her husband nursed the chef, a foreign refugee, back to health from influenza in an otherwise staffless but turreted castle.

1965 L. Meynell Double Fault ii. iii. 126 In these almost staff-less days I can't tell you how comforting it is to lie awake in the morning and hear the gravel of the drive being raked.

1976 T. Heald Let Sleeping Dogs Die ii. 46 You'll have to take pot luck... I'm staffless now..but I shall be able to rustle something up.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

单词	staffless
释义	stafflessadj. Etymology: Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈstaffless. 1. Without a staff. rare. ΚΠ a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Kent 67 Hereat the Queen in some passion snatching the staff out of his hand... The Lord waited Stafflesse almost a day..before the same was reconferred upon him. 2. Having no business or domestic staff; without employees. Also transferred. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [adjective] > in (regular) employment > without staff staffless1957 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [adjective] > having a servant > not having servants servantless1883 staffless1957 1957 ‘P. Portobello’ How to be Deb's Mum 38 Her husband nursed the chef, a foreign refugee, back to health from influenza in an otherwise staffless but turreted castle. 1965 L. Meynell Double Fault ii. iii. 126 In these almost staff-less days I can't tell you how comforting it is to lie awake in the morning and hear the gravel of the drive being raked. 1976 T. Heald Let Sleeping Dogs Die ii. 46 You'll have to take pot luck... I'm staffless now..but I shall be able to rustle something up. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.a1661
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