booklessadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈbʊkləs/, U.S.

/ˈbʊkləs/

Forms: see book n. and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < book n. + -less suffix.

1. Lacking books, having no books. Now often: spec. designating a (notional) library, classroom, etc., in which information is stored electronically rather than in printed books, and is accessed by computer; cf. paperless adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > book > [adjective] > filled or lined with > destitute of or without books

bookless1582

1582 T. Alfield True Rep. Death Campion sig. E ii^v From rack in Tower they broght him to dispute, bookeles, alone, to answere al that came.

1788 W. Cowper Let. 17 Mar. (1982) III. 126 Inform a Bookless Student in what Region..his long lost volumes may be found.

1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Oct. 11 The dusty tourist, lounging in the deserted streets of bookless Caceres, or Alcantara.

1908 Westm. Mag. 2 Apr. 4/1 The black-list of bookless boroughs.

1969 Law & Contemp. Probl. 34 246 The checkless-cashless society, the bookless library, the electric plug in the home that provides access to all the world's knowledge, and similar over-publicized possibilities.

1996 E. D. Hirsch Schools we Need iii. 51 We are moving, it is predicted, toward the bookless classroom or even toward the abandonment of the classroom entirely.

2013 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 29 Oct. We should certainly worry about those young children from dysfunctional or bookless homes, who have never been read to.

2. Chiefly literary or poetic. Ignorant of books, unscholarly. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): unscholarly people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [adjective] > not studious

unliterate1548

unbookisha1616

unbooklearned1633

unscholastic1690

unreading1728

bookless1734

unliterary1788

unbooked1859

non-literate1891

book-shy1902

1734 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 622/1 We Alma Mater's candid knights, A pack of jolly bookless wights.

1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 395 How mean, how low, The bookless saunt'ring Youth.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 293 Why, with the cit, Or bookless churl..deign'st thou to reside?

1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) ii. 29 Your flight from out your bookless wilds would seem As arguing love of knowledge and of power.

1880 P. Greg Errant II. v. 59 Bookless captain and letterless subaltern.

1942 Z. N. Hurston Dust Tracks on Road xii. 225 The bookless may have difficulty in reading a paragraph in a newspaper, but when they get down to ‘playing the dozens’ they have no equal in America.

1989 A. Elliot My Country 68 My monastery, Despoiled by bookless raiders from the sea.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	bookless
释义	booklessadj.n. Brit. /ˈbʊkləs/, U.S. /ˈbʊkləs/ Forms: see book n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: book n., -less suffix. Etymology: < book n. + -less suffix. 1. Lacking books, having no books. Now often: spec. designating a (notional) library, classroom, etc., in which information is stored electronically rather than in printed books, and is accessed by computer; cf. paperless adj. 2. ΘΚΠ society > communication > book > [adjective] > filled or lined with > destitute of or without books bookless1582 1582 T. Alfield True Rep. Death Campion sig. E ii^v From rack in Tower they broght him to dispute, bookeles, alone, to answere al that came. 1788 W. Cowper Let. 17 Mar. (1982) III. 126 Inform a Bookless Student in what Region..his long lost volumes may be found. 1865 Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Oct. 11 The dusty tourist, lounging in the deserted streets of bookless Caceres, or Alcantara. 1908 Westm. Mag. 2 Apr. 4/1 The black-list of bookless boroughs. 1969 Law & Contemp. Probl. 34 246 The checkless-cashless society, the bookless library, the electric plug in the home that provides access to all the world's knowledge, and similar over-publicized possibilities. 1996 E. D. Hirsch Schools we Need iii. 51 We are moving, it is predicted, toward the bookless classroom or even toward the abandonment of the classroom entirely. 2013 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 29 Oct. We should certainly worry about those young children from dysfunctional or bookless homes, who have never been read to. 2. Chiefly literary or poetic. Ignorant of books, unscholarly. Also as n. (with the and plural agreement): unscholarly people as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > want of learning, illiteracy > [adjective] > not studious unliterate1548 unbookisha1616 unbooklearned1633 unscholastic1690 unreading1728 bookless1734 unliterary1788 unbooked1859 non-literate1891 book-shy1902 1734 Gentleman's Mag. Nov. 622/1 We Alma Mater's candid knights, A pack of jolly bookless wights. 1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 395 How mean, how low, The bookless saunt'ring Youth. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 293 Why, with the cit, Or bookless churl..deign'st thou to reside? 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) ii. 29 Your flight from out your bookless wilds would seem As arguing love of knowledge and of power. 1880 P. Greg Errant II. v. 59 Bookless captain and letterless subaltern. 1942 Z. N. Hurston Dust Tracks on Road xii. 225 The bookless may have difficulty in reading a paragraph in a newspaper, but when they get down to ‘playing the dozens’ they have no equal in America. 1989 A. Elliot My Country 68 My monastery, Despoiled by bookless raiders from the sea. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1582
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