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Objectress vs Objectless - What's the difference?

objectress | objectless |

As a noun objectress

is (in figurative use|very|rare) an (l) (l); compare objectrix.

As an adjective objectless is

without a purpose.

objectress

English

Noun

(es)
  • (in figurative use, very, rare) An (l) (l); compare objectrix.
  • * ante'' 1956 , quoted in: George C. Avery, ''Inquiry and Testament: A Study of the Novels and Short Prose of Robert Walser (1968, University of Pennsylvania Press), page 11
    • My hand developed into a kind of conscientious objectress . To appease her, I gladly demanded less extensive attestations of her proficiency, and, lo and behold, by showing such considerateness, I gradually won her back.

    objectless

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Without a purpose
  • *{{quote-book, year=1843, author=Various, title=Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - April 1843, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=You cannot imagine, dearest, how dreary is this idle objectless life to me; with nothing to employ me--not even correspondence. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1893, author=Annie Besant, title=Annie Besant, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=You assume, I think quite gratuitously, that God condemns the major part of His children to objectless future suffering. }}
  • *{{quote-book, year=1910, author=Basil King, title=The Wild Olive, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=For the moment it was a blind, objectless passion, directed against nothing and no one in particular. }}