crownlessness
English
Etymology
From crownless + -ness.
Noun
crownlessness (uncountable)
- The state of lacking a crown.
- (figuratively) A state of defeat, or of not sharing in victory.
- 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Isthmian Ode VII, page 166.
- Yea since we are come forth from our sore troubles let us not fall into the desolation of crownlessness, neither nurse our griefs; but having ease from our ills that are past mending, we will set some pleasant thing before the people, […]
- 1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Isthmian Ode VII, page 166.
Related terms
- crown
- crownless
Translations
the state of lacking a crown
a state of defeat, or of not sharing in victory