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blitheless

adj

Etymology

From blithe + -less.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻ — “shiny; white”
  2. derived from *bʰlī-✻ — “fine; light; pleasant”
  3. inherited from *blīþiz✻ — “friendly; gentle, mild; pleasing”
  4. inherited from *blīþī✻
  5. inherited from blīþe — “happy, gentle”
  6. inherited from blithe — “glad, happy, joyful; causing joy, joyous; gentle, mild; gracious, merciful; bright, shining; beautiful, fair”
  7. suffixed as blitheless — “blithe + less”

Definitions

  1. Without happiness or joy

    Without happiness or joy; unjoyful; sorrowful; sad.

    • Every blitheless thing's forgot Winter's sighs and frowns are not. From the old the new is winning, All's in the beginning.
    • To Him who gave to Him doth go The spirit that is blitheless. Although our souls immortal are Without even death or birth, Our bodies go from whence they came Back to longing Mother Earth.

  2. Pitiful

    Pitiful; miserable; wretched.

    • Oh, those cruel and blitheless asses! Did they know my thoughts, my dreams, as I searched the sweet mystery of myself for the hidden meaning of my life? They did not. They judged me harshly for a few paltry actions.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for blitheless. 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