dowerless

dowerless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English dower
Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-
Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.
Proto-Germanic *leusaną
Proto-Germanic *lausaz
Proto-Germanic *-lausaz
Proto-West Germanic *-laus
Old English -lēas
Middle English -les
English -less
English dowerless

    From dower + -less.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdaʊ.ə(ɹ).ləs/

    Adjective

    dowerless (not comparable)

    1. Lacking a dowry; dowryless.
      Synonym: dowryless
      • 1980, Mary Diane McCabe, “Chapter Three: The Miracle of the Cock”, in A critical study of some traditional religious ballads‎[1], Durham University, page 37:
        A carol (Greene no. 315) which relates how St. Nicholas helped three dowerless girls employs, in stanzas 4-6, a type of incremental repetition in which each daughter speaks in turn […]

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