fetterlessadj.
/ˈfɛtəlɪs/ Without fetters; unfettered; that cannot be fettered. literal and figurative.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective]
freeeOE
unneedc1175
easyc1200
untiedc1374
unhemmeda1400
largec1400
unrefraineda1500
rampanta1540
unmuzzleda1541
unyoked1573
yokeless1584
licensed1593
unbound1593
wild1599
broad1604
fetterless1604
unconfined1607
ungyved1607
ungaged?1617
unboundeda1625
unfettereda1631
vagabond1635
unmanacled1686
unrestricted1750
haggard-wild1786
unconstrained1796
unshackled1796
chainless1816
rioty1819
untethered1826
unwithholdena1834
bondless1845
fancy-loose1850
constraintless1865
unpressured1879
undammed1896
balls-to-the-wall1967
balls-out1968
1604 J. Marston & J. Webster Malcontent (new ed.) i. iii. sig. B3v A tongue, As fetterlesse as is an Emperours.
1804 T. Moore To Boston Frigate 9 Though man have the wings of the fetterless wind.
1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 202 I would rather see them as wild, lawless and fetterless as the bold Arab.
1892 ‘M. Field’ Sight & Song 40 Fetterless her ample form.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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