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weirdless, a. Sc.|ˈwɪədlɪs|
[f. weird n. + -less.]
Destined to ill fortune, ill-fated, unlucky; hence unbusinesslike, incapable, worthless.
c1800Mary Hamilton iii. in Child Ballads III. 391/2 And wae be to that weirdless wicht. 1821Joseph the Book-Man 99 Ye weirdless, naughty, spendthrift man. 1825Jamieson, Weirdless 2. Destitute of any capacity to manage worldly affairs, S. 1864W. D. Latto Tam. Bodkin x. 93 What could she think..but that I behooved to be some wild, weirdless, ne'er-do-weel?
Hence ˈweirdlessness.
1825Jamieson, Weirdlessness, wasteful mismanagement. |