meedless

adj
/ˈmiːdləs/

Etymology

Either formed anew from meed + -less or a calque of Middle English medeles, medles, meydles.

  1. derived from *mey- — “to exchange
  2. inherited from *misdʰós
  3. inherited from *mizdō
  4. inherited from *miʀdu
  5. inherited from mēd
  6. inherited from meede
  7. suffixed as meedless — “meed + less

Definitions

  1. uncompensated, unrewarded

    • Is a meedless desiring Life’s sentence and doom? / And the food of his strength, is it doubt? / Nay, wandering Echoes! Ye gladden the gloom, / Though ye breathe wordless messages out!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for meedless. 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