houseless

Pronunciation: /ˈhaʊsləs/

The English word “houseless” has 3 meanings listed here.

adjective

Lacking a house, or, by extension, a residence or place of refuge in general; thus, having no home.
Lacking a permanent place of residence but not a ‘home’ in the broader sense, for example in the form of a community.
Containing no house or place of refuge; wild or inhospitable.

Etymology

From Middle English housles, from Old English *hūslēas, from Proto-West Germanic *hūslaus, from Proto-Germanic *hūsalausaz, equivalent to house + -less. Cognate with West Frisian húsleas (“houseless”), Dutch huisloos (“houseless”), German hauslos (“houseless”), Danish husløs (“houseless”), Swedish huslös (“houseless”), Icelandic húslaus (“houseless”).

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