textlessadj.
/ˈtɛkstlɪs/ Having no text.
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society > faith > worship > parts of service > homily > [adjective] > having no text
textless1926
the mind > language > linguistics > linguistic unit > word > [adjective] > consisting of or expressed in words > not
nonverbal1846
textless1957
1926 Rec. Home & Foreign Mission Wk. United Free Church Scotl. May 225/1 What a windy textless sermon we got.
1957 J. Hollander in N. Frye Sound & Poetry i. 65 Plato had disapproved of textless music.
1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 12 May b12/4 Another textless wonder, ‘Truck’ [sc. a book] is a bold and bouncy salute to the open road.
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