† distrustlessadj.
Obsolete.
Void of distrust, doubt, or suspicion; confident; unsuspecting.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > belief, trust, confidence > act of convincing, conviction > [adjective] > accepting without question
mistrustless1586
unsuspicious1586
unmistrustful1587
unmistrusting1595
unsuspecting1595
unsuspicious1595
suspectless1605
implicit faith1610
distrustless1611
confidenta1616
suspicionlessc1650
undistrustful1654
unspeculative1660
unquestioning1697
unsuspectful1781
pin-faith1800
questionless1821
unspeculating1828
unsceptical1851
round-heeled1920
pistic1923
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 499/2 [This] made him distrustlesse of attayning easily his wished successe.
1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey iv. 234 Droue the distrustlesse Turkes..into the sterne.
1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. Pref. p. xiii Distrustless Hans was seized.
a1763 W. Shenstone Oeconomy i, in Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 287 Poets..distrustless, scorn the treasur'd gold.
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