thoughtless
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English thoughtless From thought + -less.
- derived from *teng-der✻
Definitions
Marked by or showing lack of due thought or care.
Inconsiderate, inattentive.
- A thoughtless remark.
Lacking thought or consideration.
- The debate turned into thoughtless bickering.
- In thoughtless and breathless fear I rushed forward to avoid this host of demons, but while flying thus still more frightful and distorted shapes appeared, and I fancied I felt their hands clutching me.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at thoughtless. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at thoughtless. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
8 hops · closes at thoughtless
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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