[f. Gr. ἀν priv. + ἄρθρ-ον joint, (in grammar) the article, + -OUS.]
1. Of Greek sbs.: Used without the article.
1808. Middleton, Grk. Article (1841), 102. When it [πᾶς] is employed to denote that every individual of that species is spoken of, then the Substantive is anarthrous.
1879. Farrar, St. Paul, II. 185. Γραφαὶ ἄγιαι … a proper name for the Scriptures, and therefore anarthrous.
2. Phys. Jointless; or so fat as to appear so.
1879. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
