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Definition of Goldless
1. a. Destitute of gold.
Definition of Goldless
1. Adjective. Lacking gold ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Goldless
1. having no gold [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Goldless
Literary usage of Goldless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Discovery and Geognosy of Gold Deposits in Australia: With Comparisons by Simpson Davison (1860)
"On the 12th of February, already mentioned, Mr Lister conducted Mr Har^raves to
the goldless quartz-veins which traverse the bed of Summer Hill Creek. ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"... the streams: The goldless age, where gold disturbs no dreams." There is no
doubt that at the moment of the discovery our islanders had reached the full ..."
3. Journal of the American Oriental Society by American Oriental Society (1889)
"... is rendered by Ludwig " he crushed the enemies with the goldless (disk)," and
is explained to mean that Indra destroyed his foes with the sun's disk ..."
4. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1909)
"... from the goldless islands; but neither would his dream of the wealth that
would accrue from finding a waterway to India have upheld him in his long ..."