oarlessness

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English

Etymology

From oarless +‎ -ness.

Noun

oarlessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of oars.
    • 2002, Douglas Smith, Helsinki Drift: Travel Poems, page 10:
      Only dark birds know who let it rot over itself, mirror its oarlessness and the one thin seam that suddenly like a mouth opened to allow everything oceanic in.
    • 1989, Richard P. Blackmur, James T. Jones, Outsider at the Heart of Things: Essays, page 227:
      All that counts when Poe's gondolier loses his single oar is the idea of oarlessness.