last-nameless

English

Etymology

From last name +‎ -less.

Adjective

last-nameless (not comparable)

  1. Without a last name.
    Coordinate terms: Christian-nameless, first-nameless, given-nameless, middle-nameless, surnameless
    • 1969 February 23, Michael Lydon, “Every Moment Site Is What She Feels; The Janis Joplin philosophy”, in The New York Times[1], New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 November 2025:
      She and her roommate Linda, a strikingly handsome dark-haired girl who prefers to be last-nameless, have decorated it with a loving carelessness, covering walls with posters and photographs and cartoons, the floor with Oriental rugs, and every available space with Victoriana and assorted bric-a-brac, including Charley (the Siamese fighting fish in a wine bottle) and George (Janis's dog and best friend).
    • 1989 January 10, Steve Hochman, “POP MUSIC REVIEW : Bicoastal Anti-Folk of Kirk Kelly at Gaslight”, in Los Angeles Times[2], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 February 2021:
      Accenting the evening’s bi-coastal theme (Kelly and last-nameless Lach representing the Greenwich Village “anti-folk” scene, locals Milo Binder and Marvin Etzioni representing the L.A. new--don’t call it “nu"--folk scene), Kelly offered his own “California Blues"--essentially a wily update of Woody Guthrie’s cynical “Do Re Mi” saga of coolin’ in Cali.
    • 1995 November 2, Mimi Avins, “A Declining Face Value”, in Los Angeles Times[3], Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 4 November 2025:
      The meanest gossips even said that a number of the models who go last-nameless had gotten fat.
    • 2003 April 7, Alex Williams, “We Three Queens”, in New York[4], New York, N.Y.: New York Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 10 March 2007:
      Cindy, an athletic, and unusually American-looking, model from Illinois, was the only other girl to commonly go last-nameless.