"verveless" meaning in English

See verveless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈvɜː(ɹ)vləs/ Forms: more verveless [comparative], most verveless [superlative]
Etymology: From verve + -less. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|verve|less}} verve + -less Head templates: {{en-adj}} verveless (comparative more verveless, superlative most verveless)
  1. Lacking verve.
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verve",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "verve + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From verve + -less.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more verveless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most verveless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "verveless (comparative more verveless, superlative most verveless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -less",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking verve."
      ],
      "id": "en-verveless-en-adj-sYRrJR0j"
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɜː(ɹ)vləs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "verveless"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "verve",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "verve + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From verve + -less.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more verveless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most verveless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "verveless (comparative more verveless, superlative most verveless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms suffixed with -less",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking verve."
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈvɜː(ɹ)vləs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "verveless"
}

Download raw JSONL data for verveless meaning in English (0.7kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-04-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-04-03 using wiktextract (87ad358 and ea19a0a). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.