aweless
adj/ˈɔːlɪs/UK/ˈɔlɪs/US
Etymology
From Middle English aweles; by surface analysis, awe + -less.
- inherited from aweles
Definitions
Without fear
Without fear; fearless, unafraid.
- […] In the town / The aweless Trojans armed themselves the while / War-eager, praying to the Gods to grant / Respite from slaughter, breathing-space from toil.
Wanting reverence
Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear; irreverent.
- She wasn't the woman for me, she wasn't my happiness, she was my misfortune. I wonder if I was too brutal and aweless. Have I right to call the mother of my children my misfortune?
Inspiring no awe.
- Aye me! I ſee the ruine of my Houſe: / The Tyger now hath ſeiz'd the gentle Hinde, / Inſulting Tiranny beginnes to Jutt / Vpon the innocent and aweleſſe throne: […]
- Needs muſt you lay your heart at his diſpoſe, / Subiected tribute to commanding loue, / Againſt whoſe furie and vnmatched force, / The awleſſe Lion could not wage the fight, / Nor keepe his Princely heart from Richards hand: […]
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for aweless. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA