Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Destitute of a veil. Tennyson, Geraint.

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  • adjective Having no veil.

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  • adjective Without a veil.

Etymologies

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veil +‎ -less

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Examples

  • While we have to be accomodating to some extent of cultures we must also expect that people will conform to the minimum standards we ask of our society so veilless security photos for example and also that people will not react badly if they encounter something outside of their sphere of confidence.

    Sucking Beyond the Telling of it 2006

  • Few recognized him till Meryem, veilless, on her white camel, came up beside him.

    The Fire In His Hands Cook, Glen 1984

  • O my Chief, my lion! hadst thou no dream of Bhanavar, that she would come hither to unbind thee and lift thee beside her, and live with thee in love and veilless loveliness, -- thine?

    The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868

  • O my Chief, my lion! hadst thou no dream of Bhanavar, that she would come hither to unbind thee and lift thee beside her, and live with thee in love and veilless loveliness, -- thine?

    The Shaving of Shagpat; an Arabian entertainment — Complete George Meredith 1868

  • O my Chief, my lion! hadst thou no dream of Bhanavar, that she would come hither to unbind thee and lift thee beside her, and live with thee in love and veilless loveliness, -- thine?

    Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

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