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▪ I. † ˈmeanless, a.1 Obs. rare.
[f. mean n.2 + -less.]
Having no mean: a. Immoderate, extreme. b. Performed without the aid of means or instrumentality.
1587T. Hughes Misf. of Arthur i. ii, Loe, here the loue that stirres this meanelesse hate. 1593Nashe Christ's T. (1613) 130 Since his [Christ's] ascention into heauen, meanlesse miracles are ceased.
▪ II. meanless, a.2 ? Obs.|ˈmiːnlɪs|
[f. mean v.1 + -less.]
Meaningless.
1739G. Ogle Gualtherus & Griselda 69 With sundry meanless Items, quaint and old. 1832J. M. Reynolds Miserrimus (1833) 29 The most meanless phrases of formal intercourse. |