a. [f. BIRTH1 + -LESS.] a. Abortive. b. Without the advantages of ‘birth.’
1649. Owen, Serm., Wks. 1851, VIII. 234. Their plots have proved tympanous and birthless.
1859. Trollope, Dr. Thorne, 238. Poor Mary was such a birthless foundling.
a. [f. BIRTH1 + -LESS.] a. Abortive. b. Without the advantages of ‘birth.’
1649. Owen, Serm., Wks. 1851, VIII. 234. Their plots have proved tympanous and birthless.
1859. Trollope, Dr. Thorne, 238. Poor Mary was such a birthless foundling.
