veinlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈveɪnlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈveɪnlᵻs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: vein n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < vein n. + -less suffix, after scientific Latin avenius (1751 or earlier).

Chiefly Botany and Entomology.

Esp. of a leaf or the wing of an insect: having no veins, or very few veins. Cf. vein n. 5b, 9.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > having or not having veins

venose?a1425

venous1626

nervous1668

veiny1681

nervose1753

nerveless1783

veinless1783

nerved1793

nervated1802

trinerved1811

trinervate1813

venulose1821

penninerved1849

penniveined1855

parallelinervate1857

parallelivenous1857

penninervate1857

net-veined1860

basinerved1866

nervate1866

obtectovenose1866

palm-veined1866

parallelinerved1866

parallelivenose1866

parallelinervous1893

pinninervate1893

the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [adjective] > having no veins

veinless1783

1783 tr. C. Linnaeus Syst. Veg. (1785) I. 152 Leaves lance-linear smooth veinless.

1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. at Venosum folium When it [sc. a leaf] has no veins, at least none that are perceptible to the naked eye, it is called Folium Avenium, a veinless leaf.

1846 Brit. Florist 5 43 Leaves in pairs, oblong, and veinless.

1863 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 397 Health gives the bright veinless splendour to the cornea, and lustre to the pupil.

1902 Ottawa Naturalist Mar. 268 Sepals small, lanceolate, veinless, serrate-ciliolate.

1917 A. Macleish Tower of Ivory 47 To brush God's feet, and flutter, wings a-gleam, About the veinless marble of His chair, And make a sudden splendor through His hair.

1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses vi. 143 Wings with fewer longitudinal veins, not net-veined or they may be veinless (usually less than 12 cross-veins).

2015 T. Gibb Contemp. Insect Diagnostics iv. 121/2 Wings long, narrow, almost veinless, with long marginal fringe.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	veinless
释义	veinlessadj. Brit. /ˈveɪnlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈveɪnlᵻs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: vein n., -less suffix. Etymology: < vein n. + -less suffix, after scientific Latin avenius (1751 or earlier). Chiefly Botany and Entomology. Esp. of a leaf or the wing of an insect: having no veins, or very few veins. Cf. vein n. 5b, 9. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > leaf > [adjective] > having or not having veins venose?a1425 venous1626 nervous1668 veiny1681 nervose1753 nerveless1783 veinless1783 nerved1793 nervated1802 trinerved1811 trinervate1813 venulose1821 penninerved1849 penniveined1855 parallelinervate1857 parallelivenous1857 penninervate1857 net-veined1860 basinerved1866 nervate1866 obtectovenose1866 palm-veined1866 parallelinerved1866 parallelivenose1866 parallelinervous1893 pinninervate1893 the world > life > the body > vascular system > blood vessel > vein > [adjective] > having no veins veinless1783 1783 tr. C. Linnaeus Syst. Veg. (1785) I. 152 Leaves lance-linear smooth veinless. 1793 T. Martyn Lang. Bot. at Venosum folium When it [sc. a leaf] has no veins, at least none that are perceptible to the naked eye, it is called Folium Avenium, a veinless leaf. 1846 Brit. Florist 5 43 Leaves in pairs, oblong, and veinless. 1863 Cornhill Mag. Mar. 397 Health gives the bright veinless splendour to the cornea, and lustre to the pupil. 1902 Ottawa Naturalist Mar. 268 Sepals small, lanceolate, veinless, serrate-ciliolate. 1917 A. Macleish Tower of Ivory 47 To brush God's feet, and flutter, wings a-gleam, About the veinless marble of His chair, And make a sudden splendor through His hair. 1944 R. Matheson Entomol. for Introd. Courses vi. 143 Wings with fewer longitudinal veins, not net-veined or they may be veinless (usually less than 12 cross-veins). 2015 T. Gibb Contemp. Insect Diagnostics iv. 121/2 Wings long, narrow, almost veinless, with long marginal fringe. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1783
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