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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈspɑɪn.ləs.nəs/
Etymology: Etymology tree English spineless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English spinelessness From spineless + -ness. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|spineless|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English spineless Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English spinelessness [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-atjaną", "lang" : "gem-pro" }, { "id" : "nominative", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "action noun", "children" : [ ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*-tus", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-þuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-assuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-inassuz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-nassī", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-nes", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-nesse", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-ness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "spinelessness", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="spinelessness"> From spineless + -ness., {{ety|en|:af|spineless|-ness|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English spine Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English spineless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English spinelessness From spineless + -ness. Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} spinelessness (uncountable)
  1. The state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine (literally or figuratively)); cowardice. Tags: uncountable Translations (cowardice): الجبن (al-jubn) [masculine] (Arabic), ভীরুতা (bhiruta) (Bengali), 懦弱 (nuòruò) (Chinese Mandarin), कायरता (kāyartā) [feminine] (Hindi), 臆病 (okubyō) (Japanese), tchórzliwość [feminine] (Polish), tchórzostwo [neuter] (Polish) Translations (state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)): اللافارية (al-lāfaqāriyyah) [feminine] (Arabic), মেরুদণ্ডহীনতা (merudonḍohinota) (Bengali), 無脊椎狀態 /无脊椎状态 (wú jǐchuí zhuàngtài) (Chinese Mandarin), Rückgratlosigkeit [also, feminine, figuratively] (German), Willenlosigkeit [feminine] (German), रीढ़हीनता (rīṛhhīntā) [feminine] (Hindi), gerinctelenség (Hungarian), 無脊椎 (mu-sekitsui) (Japanese), 無脊椎状態 (mu-sekitsui jōtai) (Japanese), bezkręgowość [feminine] (Polish), бесхара́ктерность (besxarákternostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), мягкоте́лость (mjaxkotélostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), безво́лие (bezvólije) [neuter] (Russian), слабохара́ктерность (slaboxarákternostʹ) [feminine] (Russian)
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      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish spineless\nProto-Germanic *-inōną\nProto-Indo-European *-dyé-\nProto-Germanic *-atjaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Germanic *-þuz\nProto-Germanic *-assuz\nProto-Germanic *-inassuz\nProto-West Germanic *-nassī\nOld English -nes\nMiddle English -nesse\nEnglish -ness\nEnglish spinelessness\n[Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-atjaną\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" }, { \"id\" : \"nominative\", \"children\" : [ { \"terms\" : [ { \"id\" : \"action noun\", \"children\" : [ ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Indo-European\", \"term\" : \"*-tus\", \"lang\" : \"ine-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-þuz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"keyword\" : \"from\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-assuz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-inassuz\", \"lang\" : \"gem-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Proto-West Germanic\", \"term\" : \"*-nassī\", \"lang\" : \"gmw-pro\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Old English\", \"term\" : \"-nes\", \"lang\" : \"ang\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang_name\" : \"Middle English\", \"term\" : \"-nesse\", \"lang\" : \"enm\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"Inherited from\", \"keyword\" : \"inherited\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"-ness\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" } ], \"keyword_label\" : \"From\", \"is_group\" : true, \"keyword\" : \"affix\" } ], \"lang_name\" : \"English\", \"term\" : \"spinelessness\", \"status\" : \"ok\", \"lang\" : \"en\" }\" data-lang=\"en\" data-title=\"spinelessness\">\nFrom spineless + -ness.",
      "name": "ety"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": ":af",
        "3": "spineless",
        "4": "-ness",
        "text": "+",
        "tree": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "Etymology tree\nEnglish spine\nProto-Indo-European *lewh₁-\nProto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.\nProto-Germanic *leusaną\nProto-Germanic *lausaz\nProto-Germanic *-lausaz\nProto-West Germanic *-laus\nOld English -lēas\nMiddle English -les\nEnglish -less\nEnglish spineless\nProto-Germanic *-in-\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂\nProto-Indo-European *-éh₂\nProto-Indo-European *-yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti\nProto-Indo-European *-h₂ti\nProto-Germanic *-ōną\nProto-Germanic *-inōną\nProto-Indo-European *-dyé-\nProto-Germanic *-atjaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Germanic *-þuz\nProto-Germanic *-assuz\nProto-Germanic *-inassuz\nProto-West Germanic *-nassī\nOld English -nes\nMiddle English -nesse\nEnglish -ness\nEnglish spinelessness\nFrom spineless + -ness.",
      "name": "ety"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Etymology tree\nEnglish spineless\nProto-Germanic *-inōną\nProto-Indo-European *-dyé-\nProto-Germanic *-atjaną\nProto-Indo-European *-tus\nProto-Germanic *-þuz\nProto-Germanic *-assuz\nProto-Germanic *-inassuz\nProto-West Germanic *-nassī\nOld English -nes\nMiddle English -nesse\nEnglish -ness\nEnglish spinelessness\nFrom spineless + -ness.",
  "head_templates": [
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      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "spinelessness (uncountable)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
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        "English entries with etymology texts",
        "English entries with etymology trees",
        "English entries with etymon",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₁-",
        "English terms suffixed with -ness",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
        "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Terms with Arabic translations",
        "Terms with Bengali translations",
        "Terms with German translations",
        "Terms with Hindi translations",
        "Terms with Hungarian translations",
        "Terms with Japanese translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              20,
              33
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2021 December 1, Nigel Harris, “IRP snuffs out 'levelling up'”, in RAIL, number 945, page 3:",
          "text": "Johnson's political spinelessness is a betrayal not just of the North, but the whole country, and its ramifications will wreak havoc with the life chances and prospects of generations to come.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine (literally or figuratively)); cowardice."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "spineless",
          "spineless"
        ],
        [
          "spine",
          "spine"
        ],
        [
          "literally",
          "literally"
        ],
        [
          "figuratively",
          "figuratively"
        ],
        [
          "cowardice",
          "cowardice"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈspɑɪn.ləs.nəs/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "al-lāfaqāriyyah",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "اللافارية"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "roman": "merudonḍohinota",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "word": "মেরুদণ্ডহীনতা"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "wú jǐchuí zhuàngtài",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "word": "無脊椎狀態 /无脊椎状态"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "tags": [
        "also",
        "feminine",
        "figuratively"
      ],
      "word": "Rückgratlosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Willenlosigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "rīṛhhīntā",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "रीढ़हीनता"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "word": "gerinctelenség"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "mu-sekitsui",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "word": "無脊椎"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "mu-sekitsui jōtai",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "word": "無脊椎状態"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "bezkręgowość"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "besxarákternostʹ",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "бесхара́ктерность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "mjaxkotélostʹ",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мягкоте́лость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "bezvólije",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "безво́лие"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "slaboxarákternostʹ",
      "sense": "state or quality of being spineless (not having a spine)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "слабохара́ктерность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "lang_code": "ar",
      "roman": "al-jubn",
      "sense": "cowardice",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "الجبن"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "lang_code": "bn",
      "roman": "bhiruta",
      "sense": "cowardice",
      "word": "ভীরুতা"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "nuòruò",
      "sense": "cowardice",
      "word": "懦弱"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "lang_code": "hi",
      "roman": "kāyartā",
      "sense": "cowardice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "कायरता"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "lang_code": "ja",
      "roman": "okubyō",
      "sense": "cowardice",
      "word": "臆病"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "cowardice",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tchórzliwość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "lang_code": "pl",
      "sense": "cowardice",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tchórzostwo"
    }
  ],
  "word": "spinelessness"
}

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