nameless
adjective
- inglorious (devoid of fame, left in obscurity)
Wiktionary
adj
Etymology: From Middle English nameles, equivalent to name + -less. Cognate with Dutch naamloos (“nameless”), German namenlos (“nameless”), Danish navnløs (“nameless”), Swedish namnlös (“nameless”), Icelandic nafnlaus (“nameless, anonymous”).
- Not having a name.
“Environmental DNA analysis suggests that the number of species of bacteria that remain nameless to date may well be on the order of many thousands.”
- Whose name is unknown; unidentified or obscured.
“The culprits shall remain nameless here, as some names have been changed to protect the guilty; just don't let it happen again.”
“Victims of rug pulls are often left with little recourse against nameless thieves.”
- Unable to be described or expressed.
“a nameless unease”
“a nameless fear”
- Illegitimate.
“He said that he would cherish her until the grave, and that he would love her nameless son as though he were his own flesh.”
- Not well-known; not having made a name for oneself.
“Nameless and fameless, but tinged with the sadness Rising from organs by seraph hands played.”
“Its upland-lawns, and cliffs with foliage hung, Its wizard-stream, nor nameless, nor unsung:”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English nameles, equivalent to name + -less. Cognate with Dutch naamloos (“nameless”), German namenlos (“nameless”), Danish navnløs (“nameless”), Swedish namnlös (“nameless”), Icelandic nafnlaus (“nameless, anonymous”).
- Vulva.
“Hérison, m. The female pudendum; ‘the nameless’.”