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birthdayless

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English

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Etymology

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From birthday +‎ -less.

Adjective

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birthdayless (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Without a birthday, or with no celebration on that day.
    • 1906, Grace Alexander, Judith:
      Correct methods of encouraging retiring suitors or of repelling unwelcome ones was information that its members could scarcely be supposed at their birthdayless ages to require.
    • 1907, Florence Wilkinson, The silent door:
      She deserved additional glory in return for the many years when she had gone birthdayless and little girls like Enid and Geraldine had taunted her airily.
    • 1976, Louisiana State University, Mathematics magazine:
      It turns out to be easier to focus on the birthdayless days.
    • 2002, Sue Welford, Nicholas Fisk, The Shadow of August:
      She'd nearly had enough. She was ready to go home, forget all about it. Be the birthdayless, motherless Mattie Browne for the rest of her life.