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laceless

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Without laces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, usually

Qualifier: basketballs

Examples

  • 1856: Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary, Part III Chapter XI, translated by Eleanor Marx-Aveling He suffered, poor man, at seeing her so badly dressed, with laceless boots, and the arm-holes of her pinafore torn down to the hips; for the charwoman took no care of her.

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History

Etymology

Etymology tree English lace 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 laceless From lace + -less.