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Definition of Peopleless
1. a. Destitute of people.
Definition of Peopleless
1. Adjective. (rare) Having no people; uninhabited ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Peopleless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peopleless
Literary usage of Peopleless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography by Historical Society of Pennsylvania (1877)
"are melancholy, peopleless pictures, which seem to brood on the shabby pointlessness
of man's earthly habitat; and also his chef d'oeuvre, the same scene, ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"... a. unfrequented,- lifeless, desolate, desert (now rare), unsettled,
peopleless (rare); spec, waste, abandoned. able. ..."
3. The Conquest of the Great Northwest: Being the Story of the Adventurers of by Agnes Christina Laut (1908)
"... of the mountain brooks, like the treble and bass of some great cathedral organ
sounding its diapason to the glory of God in this peopleless wilderness. ..."
4. The Metropolitan (1831)
"Now a scene of rich comic character would be exhibited in the zeal of some member
to preserve intact the interests of the innocent voters of peopleless ..."
5. A Short History of American Literature: Designed Primarily for Use in by Walter Cochrane Bronson (1919)
"Black draperies, likewise, in the gloomy room, shut out from our view the moon,
the lurid stars, and the peopleless streets — but the boding and the memory ..."
6. The Western Messenger: Devoted to Religion, Life, and Literature by Western Unitarian Association (1836)
"... That battled the might of Time till then, Atom by atom were crushed-^ And
desolate round in its orbit whirl'd The peopleless wreck of a worn out world. ..."
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