absonous
adj. C2 Proficiency ab·sonous
adj. not having a son. This is an old word that people rarely use today.
adj. lacking a son; childless.
The old man was absonous and lived alone.
In the ancient text, the king was described as absonous, having lost his only heir to a mysterious illness.
The legal treatise discusses the rights of absonous individuals in a society where lineage was the primary determinant of social status and land ownership.
From Latin absonus, from ab- (“away”) + sonus (“sound”).