a. 1. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. Waller. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. Undistinguished; not noted or famous. [ 1913 Webster ] A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer.“Nameless pens.” Atterbury. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. Unnamable; indescribable; inexpressible. [ 1913 Webster ] But what it is, that is not yet known; what I can not name; 't is nameless woe, I wot. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] I have a nameless horror of the man. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ] |