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Definition of Nameless
1. Adjective. Being or having an unknown or unnamed source. "An unnamed donor"
Similar to: Anon., Anonymous
Derivative terms: Namelessness
Definition of Nameless
1. a. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star.
Definition of Nameless
1. Adjective. Not having a name; unnamed. ¹
2. Adjective. Whose name is unknown; unidentified or obscure. ¹
3. Adjective. anonymous ¹
4. Adjective. Unable to be described or expressed. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Nameless
1. lacking distinction or fame [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nameless
Literary usage of Nameless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Poets and Poetry of America by Rufus Wilmot Griswold (1856)
"THE nameless. COME fill, my merry friends, to-night. And let the winds unheeded
blow, ... And I will pledge a cup to one Who shall be nameless here. ..."
2. Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan by Asiatic Society of Japan (1906)
"Most of the distinguished literary men who lived I. When comparing the incomplete
and in a simple style written articles in the "nameless Selection" with ..."