 -less
-less
Pronunciation : -less. 
Etymology : [AS. le?s loose, false; akin to OS. l loose, false, D. los loose, loos false, sly, G. los loose, Icel. lauss loose, vacant, Goth. laus empty, vain, and also to E. loose, lose. sq. root127. See Lose, and cf. Loose, Leasing.]
Definition : Defn: A privative adjective suffix, denoting without, destitute of, not having; as witless, childless, fatherless.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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