figureless, a.
(ˈfɪgəlɪs, -jʊəlɪs)
[f. figure n. + -less.]
Without figure or a figure.
1. Without shape, shapeless.
| 1606 Sylvester Du Bartas ii. iv. i. (1641) 198/2 If heer..I write..These Figures figure-less. 1892 W. S. Lilly Gt. Enigma 287 They are figureless and formless. |
2. Not bearing a figure.
| 1849 Rock Ch. of Fathers II. vi. 262 The plain, figureless, wooden cross, borne in procession during Passion-tide. |
3. Mus. Devoid of figure (see figure n. 24).
| 1887 E. Gurney Tertium Quid II. 30 Figureless counter-pointless see-sawings. |