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Grammar : Adj
Spell : ej
Phonetic Transcription : ɛdʒ



Definition of edgeless

Origin :
  • late 13c., "to give an edge to" (implied in past participle egged), from edge (n.). Meaning "to move edgeways (with the edge toward the spectator), advance slowly" is from 1620s, originally nautical. Meaning "to defeat by a narrow margin" is from 1953. The meaning "urge on, incite" (16c.) often must be a mistake for egg (v.). Related: Edged; edging.
  • As in blunt : adj not sharp
  • As in dull : adj not sharp
Example sentences :
  • Ring quadrangular, edgeless, with four unequal sides; ventral rod more curved and with longer sides than the dorsal rod.
  • Extract from : « Report on the Radiolaria Collected by H.M.S. Challenger During the Years 1873-1876, Second Part: Subclass Osculosa; Index » by Ernst Haeckel
  • Mistress of her scissors and needles, which are pointless and edgeless to her art!
  • Extract from : « The Hunchback » by James Sheridan Knowles
  • There had been so many twists to the morning that his abiding distrust of every one became, for the time being, edgeless.
  • Extract from : « The Carpet from Bagdad » by Harold MacGrath
  • The baronet took down a pair of light, edgeless blades with blunted points.
  • Extract from : « Brothers of Peril » by Theodore Goodridge Roberts
  • You may choose which liberty you will, and restraint of voiceful rock, or the dumb and edgeless shore of darkened sand.
  • Extract from : « On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) » by John Ruskin
  • His rich voice filled the air with the edgeless, honeyed beauty of the ancient tongue.
  • Extract from : « Autobiography of a YOGI » by Paramhansa Yogananda

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