placeless
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English placeles, placelees, equivalent to place + -less.
Adjective edit
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