mistressless
/ˈmɪstrɪslɪs/Now rare
adjective
Having no mistress or female head.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Rhoda Broughton (1840–1920), novelist. From mistress + -less.
- passive euthanasia
- passive immunity
- passively
- passive matrix
- passiveness
- passive obedience
- passive prayer
- passive rate
- passive representation
- passive-resist
- passive resistance
- passive-resistant
- passive-resister
- passive restraint
- passive smoke
- passive smoker
- passive smoking
- passive title
- passive transport
- passive trust
- passive use
- passive voice
- passivise
- passivism
- passivist