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gall-less, a.|ˈgɔːllɪs|
[f. gall n.1 + -less.]
Possessing no gall. Hence, free from bitterness or malice; incapable of being roused to anger.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xviii. xix. (1495) 779 Camelles ben beestys of long lyfe for they ben gallelesse. 1658Whole Duty Man xvii. §19. 147 A Dove, a meek and gall-less creature. 1663Cowley Verses & Ess. (1669) 17 Ah! mild and gaulless Dove. 1726Savage Sir T. Overbury iii. i, Tho' the soft Dove brood gall-less o'er your Breast, Yet let the wary Serpent arm your Mind. 1831Scott Ct. Rob. xxviii, When I consider from what prison he was brought, and in what guise he inhabited it, I cannot believe in this gall-less disposition. 1843Lytton Last Bar. i. vii, And the poor student, usually so mild and gall-less, stamped his foot in impotent rage. 1884Pall Mall G. 10 Sept. 5/1 The idyllic, guileless and gall-less life. |