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English
Etymology
From Middle English placeles, placelees, equivalent to place + -less.
Adjective
placeless (comparative more placeless, superlative most placeless)
- Lacking a proper place.
- a placeless person
1851, Herman Melville, Moby-Dick:I own thy speechless, placeless power; but to the last gasp of my earthquake life will dispute its unconditional, unintegral mastery in me.
- Lacking places for people, things, etc.; lacking a geographic orientation.
- a placeless society
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