ROOFLESS

dispossessed, homeless, roofless

(adjective) physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security; “made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another”- James Stern

roofless

(adjective) not having a roof; “the hurricane left hundreds of house roofless”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

roofless (not comparable)

Without a roof, open to the sky.

Having no house or home; unsheltered.

Source: Wiktionary


Roof"less, a.

1. Having no roof; as, a roofless house.

2. Having no house or home; shelterless; homeless.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

4 April 2025

GUILLOTINE

(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”


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Coffee Trivia

The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.

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