Definitions
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- adjective Without
perfume .
Etymologies
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perfume + -less
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Examples
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I am a poor little perfumeless flower, having no sweetness or beauty with which to charm the eye or senses, only fit to grow among the kitchen herbs -- rue and thyme, and such old-fashioned things.
Not Pretty, but Precious Harriet Elizabeth Prescott Spofford 1878
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Bah! and look at those nuns: they are animated coffins, holding only dead remembrances and dried, perfumeless flowers. "
The Grey Cloak Harold MacGrath 1901
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