What does "nameless" mean?
Nameless: Undistinguished; not noted or famous. A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte.
Additional senses
- 2.Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless pens." Atterbury.
- 3.Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible. But what it is, that is not yet known; what I can not name; nameless woe,I wot. Shak. I have a nameless horror of the man. Hawthorne.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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