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Definition of Blissless
1. a. Destitute of bliss.
Definition of Blissless
1. Adjective. Devoid of bliss; joyless. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blissless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blissless
Literary usage of Blissless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief Elizabethan Dramatists, Excluding Shakespeare by William Allan Neilson (1911)
"No, not an herb within this garden-plot, — Accursed complot * of my misery !
Fruitless for ever mav this garden be. Barren the earth, and blissless ..."
2. Minor Poets of the Caroline Period by George Saintsbury (1905)
"LXXXIX The blissless briers the coat had torn The fleecy flock had lately worn,
And still retain'd that spoil : 1411 Of party-coloured wool there was Store ..."
3. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1883)
"Do see to it, there 's a dear Grand Old Man, and you will confer a real favour-a
wedding favour—on Yours devotedly, BELINDA Blissless. ..."
4. A Select Collection of Old Plays: In Twelve Volumes by Robert Dodsley, Isaac Reed, Octavius Gilchrist, John Payne Collier (1825)
"Fruitless for ever may this garden be, Barren the earth, and blissless *7S
whosoever Imagines not to keep it ..."
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