† discourselessadj.
Obsolete.
Having no rational capability; unreasoning.
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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective]
skillessc1175
unskilwisec1340
witlessa1382
unreasonablec1384
reasonlessa1450
unrationablea1500
unreasoned1582
irrationable1583
discourseless1620
irrational1661
unreasoning1682
dicked-up1967
ill1979
1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote vi. 69 To attempt things whence rather harm may after result unto us then good, is the part of rash and discourseless brains [Sp. juicios sin discurso y temerarios].
1857 A. Smith City Poems 85 Am I to range Like the discourseless creatures of the wood, Without the common dignity of pain, Without a pale or limit?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2013; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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