groundles

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === groundeles, growndles groundelez (Cheshire); groundlyas (Kent) === Etymology === From Old English grundlēas, from Proto-Germanic *grundulausaz; equivalent to ground +‎ -les. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡruːndlɛ̝ːs/, /ˈɡrundlɛ̝ːs/ === Adjective === groundles Bottomless; having no bottom or floor. Synonym: botemles (late) ==== Descendants ==== English: groundless Middle Scots: grundles, groundles ==== References ==== “grǒundlēs, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.