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Old English līflēas (see life, -less).


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From Middle English lyfles, lifles, from Old English līflēas(“lifeless”), equivalent to life +‎ -less. Cognate with West Frisian libbensleas(“lifeless”), Dutch levenloos(“lifeless”), German leblos(“lifeless”), Danish livløs(“lifeless”), Swedish livlös(“lifeless”), Icelandic líflaus(“lifeless”).


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lifeless (adj.)

Old English lifleas "inanimate; dead;" see life + -less. Figurative sense from early 13c. Meaning "with no living things" is from 1728. Related: Lifelessly; lifelessness. A common Germanic compound (compare Old Frisian liflas, Middle Low German liflos, Swedish liflös, Danish livlös, and, from a different but related noun, German leblos, Dutch levenloos).