footlessadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈfʊtləs/, U.S.

/ˈfʊtləs/

Forms: see foot n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foot n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < foot n. + -less suffix. Compare feetless adj.

A. adj.

a. Of a person or animal: having no foot or feet. Also of a snake, a worm, etc.: having no limbs.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > naturally without

footlessa1398

the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > accidentally without

footlessa1398

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. cxv. 1265 Among wormes some beþ footeles, as addres and serpentes.

?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 52^v (MED) Futlesse, jmpes.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 100^v Mony foteles freke of his fell dintes.

1577 T. Kendall Trifles f. 27^v, in tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes Bonelesse and footlesse quight am I.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 148 Some [creatures] head-lesse are, Foot-lesse, and finn-lesse.

1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses iv. 45 About him will his footless Sea-calves lie.

1719 C. Johnson Masquerade Prol. Another, Handless, Footless, Half a Man.

1787 Mil. Atchievements Citizens York iv. 37 Here lies one headless, there one footless.

1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 157 The footless serpent, which ‘goeth upon its belly’.

1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 114 ‘What do you think of us?’ asked the footless officer.

1920 P. J. Fryer Insect Pests & Fungus Dis. Fruit & Hops xiii. 188 The beetle grubs may be footless..as in the case of many weevils, or they may have three pairs of legs.

2003 Art Q. Spring 31/2 The martlet (a footless heraldic bird) decorating the back is from Pugin's coat of arms.

b. Of a dish, bowl, etc.: having no base or pedestal.

ΚΠ

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 771 For these were vessels ordained for Sacrifices; and others beside as a Cruet, an Incense pan or Censer, a footlesse pot [L. futile].

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Breusse, a dish, or footlesse cup.

1824 ‘P. Oakley’ Aureus xix. 171 Many of them had providently secured to themselves a bottle of liqueur, and a commodious footless glass.

1896 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 11 495 Various footless goblets 7 cm high, recalling somewhat, by their forms, the bronze age.

1957 F. Meyer Handbk. Ornament 310 Antique footless Dish.

2005 Woodturning Dec. 33/2 (advt.) A footless bowl made from a unique piece of spalted birch burl.

c. Of a stocking, sock, etc.: lacking the part which covers the foot.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [adjective] > qualities of dish or cup

flat1471

footless1642

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [adjective]

heeledeOE

laced1441

upper-stocked1535

stocked1598

steeple-clocked1776

footless1853

fashioned1881

digitated1882

seamless1921

stay-up1949

dazzle1958

sandal-foot1959

1642 A. S. Van Dammee Speech Cavaleere to Comrades sig. A4 Pedlars or Glasse-carriers with halfe breeces, footlesse stockins, and over them drawne a paire of Leather-buskins.

a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) i. 129 And Chambers..fled, with what He had purs'd-up in Skin of Cat, And Leg of footless woollen stockin.

1789 Life & Adventures Anthony Leger II. xiv. 183 Across the upper part of the closet he had placed lines, on which were hanging to dry..two pair of stockings, one pair footless, the other footed with cloth.

1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 591/1 A pair of footless hose, termed in Dumfries-shire ‘hoshens’.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xx. 159 Some footless stockings, tied up at the lower end to serve as socks.

1913 Boys' Life May 31/3 That the leggings be discarded and that in their place we use footless golf hose.

2007 Independent 13 Aug. 9/4 By now, of course footless tights are ubiquitous.

2. Without substance or support; without a basis in facts or reality. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1606 W. Whately Redempt. of Time 22 A rouing discourse..a busie, but absurd prosecuting of a headlesse and footlesse tale (as wee may call it in our phrase.).

1729 R. Erskine Strength of Sin 128 They being ignorant of God's Righteousness..make their own rotten footless Righteousness.

1796 S. T. Coleridge Effusion xxxv in Poems Var. Subj. 98 Melodies..Footless and wild, like birds of Paradise.

1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xviii. viii, in Maud & Other Poems 60 My love has..stol'n away To dreamful wastes where footless fancies dwell.

1900 Tip Top Weekly 27 Oct. 23/1 Bingham's speech was punctuated with howls from the sophomores of ‘Footless freshmen!’ ‘Rotten!’ ‘Pie-eyed’, ‘Dopes!’ and similar uncomplimentary things.

1939 E. B. White One Man's Meat in Harper's Mag. 1 June 441/1 The sound of victrola music right after breakfast gives the summer day a loose, footless feeling.

3. Irish English. Extremely drunk, esp. too drunk to stand. Cf. legless adj. 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk

drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350

to-drunka1382

as drunk as the devilc1400

sow-drunk1509

fish-drunk1591

swine-drunk1592

gone1603

far gone1616

reeling drunk1620

soda1625

souseda1625

blind1630

full1631

drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652

as full (or tight) as a tick1678

clear1688

drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700

as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727

as drunk as a piper1728

blind-drunkc1775

bitch foua1796

blootered1820

whole-seas over1820

three sheets in the wind1821

as drunk as a loon1830

shellaced1881

as drunk as a boiled owl1886

stinking1887

steaming drunk1892

steaming with drink1897

footless1901

legless1903

plastered1912

legless drunk1926

stinko1927

drunk as a pissant1930

kaylied1937

langers1949

stoned1952

smashed1962

shit-faced1963

out of (also off) one's bird1966

trashed1966

faced1968

stoned1968

steaming1973

langered1979

annihilated1980

obliterated1984

wankered1992

muntered1998

1901 Kildare Observer 26 Jan. At about half-past six he saw Valentine staggering drunk—footless.

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 293 The lout was..going home footless in a cab five times in the week after drinking his way through all the samples in the bloody establishment.

1975 J. McCourt Mawrdew Czgowchwz ii. 36 She banged into Trixie Gilhooley, showgirl, unescorted and footless in P. J. O'Failte's.

1981 M. Keane Good Behaviour xxxiv. 280 ‘Footless, poor thing,’ I heard one of them say to the other as though he spoke over my dead body.

2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 251 People with big bunches of shamrocks in their coats who had been off the drink for Lent were footless.

B. adv.

Irish English. In footless drunk: extremely, excessively. Cf. legless drunk at legless adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adverb] > degrees of drunkenness

royally1773

gloriously1785

nicely1851

footless drunk1927

paralytically1969

1927 Connacht Tribune 22 Oct. 5/6 Her husband got drunk there and often came home ‘footless’ drunk.

1958 Donegal News 22 Feb. 2/7 He said when they got to the bar at Killygordon the old man..was footless drunk.

1983 Anglo-Celt (Cavan, Ireland) 10 June 6/3 Both men were ‘footless drunk’ and his biggest problem was to keep them from staggering out on to the road.

2004 Irish Independent 8 June (Life Mag.) 3/2 Young people are now drinking to excess, getting absolutely footless drunk.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	footless
释义	footlessadj.adv. Brit. /ˈfʊtləs/, U.S. /ˈfʊtləs/ Forms: see foot n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: foot n., -less suffix. Etymology: < foot n. + -less suffix. Compare feetless adj. A. adj. 1. a. Of a person or animal: having no foot or feet. Also of a snake, a worm, etc.: having no limbs. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > naturally without footlessa1398 the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [adjective] > accidentally without footlessa1398 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. cxv. 1265 Among wormes some beþ footeles, as addres and serpentes. ?c1475 Catholicon Anglicum (BL Add. 15562) f. 52^v (MED) Futlesse, jmpes. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 100^v Mony foteles freke of his fell dintes. 1577 T. Kendall Trifles f. 27^v, in tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes Bonelesse and footlesse quight am I. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 148 Some [creatures] head-lesse are, Foot-lesse, and finn-lesse. 1675 T. Hobbes tr. Homer Odysses iv. 45 About him will his footless Sea-calves lie. 1719 C. Johnson Masquerade Prol. Another, Handless, Footless, Half a Man. 1787 Mil. Atchievements Citizens York iv. 37 Here lies one headless, there one footless. 1849 H. Miller Foot-prints of Creator 157 The footless serpent, which ‘goeth upon its belly’. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe 114 ‘What do you think of us?’ asked the footless officer. 1920 P. J. Fryer Insect Pests & Fungus Dis. Fruit & Hops xiii. 188 The beetle grubs may be footless..as in the case of many weevils, or they may have three pairs of legs. 2003 Art Q. Spring 31/2 The martlet (a footless heraldic bird) decorating the back is from Pugin's coat of arms. b. Of a dish, bowl, etc.: having no base or pedestal. ΚΠ 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 771 For these were vessels ordained for Sacrifices; and others beside as a Cruet, an Incense pan or Censer, a footlesse pot [L. futile]. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Breusse, a dish, or footlesse cup. 1824 ‘P. Oakley’ Aureus xix. 171 Many of them had providently secured to themselves a bottle of liqueur, and a commodious footless glass. 1896 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. 11 495 Various footless goblets 7 cm high, recalling somewhat, by their forms, the bronze age. 1957 F. Meyer Handbk. Ornament 310 Antique footless Dish. 2005 Woodturning Dec. 33/2 (advt.) A footless bowl made from a unique piece of spalted birch burl. c. Of a stocking, sock, etc.: lacking the part which covers the foot. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [adjective] > qualities of dish or cup flat1471 footless1642 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for legs > clothing for legs and feet > [adjective] heeledeOE laced1441 upper-stocked1535 stocked1598 steeple-clocked1776 footless1853 fashioned1881 digitated1882 seamless1921 stay-up1949 dazzle1958 sandal-foot1959 1642 A. S. Van Dammee Speech Cavaleere to Comrades sig. A4 Pedlars or Glasse-carriers with halfe breeces, footlesse stockins, and over them drawne a paire of Leather-buskins. a1708 T. Ward England's Reformation (1710) i. 129 And Chambers..fled, with what He had purs'd-up in Skin of Cat, And Leg of footless woollen stockin. 1789 Life & Adventures Anthony Leger II. xiv. 183 Across the upper part of the closet he had placed lines, on which were hanging to dry..two pair of stockings, one pair footless, the other footed with cloth. 1819 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 591/1 A pair of footless hose, termed in Dumfries-shire ‘hoshens’. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. xx. 159 Some footless stockings, tied up at the lower end to serve as socks. 1913 Boys' Life May 31/3 That the leggings be discarded and that in their place we use footless golf hose. 2007 Independent 13 Aug. 9/4 By now, of course footless tights are ubiquitous. 2. Without substance or support; without a basis in facts or reality. Now rare. ΚΠ 1606 W. Whately Redempt. of Time 22 A rouing discourse..a busie, but absurd prosecuting of a headlesse and footlesse tale (as wee may call it in our phrase.). 1729 R. Erskine Strength of Sin 128 They being ignorant of God's Righteousness..make their own rotten footless Righteousness. 1796 S. T. Coleridge Effusion xxxv in Poems Var. Subj. 98 Melodies..Footless and wild, like birds of Paradise. 1855 Ld. Tennyson Maud xviii. viii, in Maud & Other Poems 60 My love has..stol'n away To dreamful wastes where footless fancies dwell. 1900 Tip Top Weekly 27 Oct. 23/1 Bingham's speech was punctuated with howls from the sophomores of ‘Footless freshmen!’ ‘Rotten!’ ‘Pie-eyed’, ‘Dopes!’ and similar uncomplimentary things. 1939 E. B. White One Man's Meat in Harper's Mag. 1 June 441/1 The sound of victrola music right after breakfast gives the summer day a loose, footless feeling. 3. Irish English. Extremely drunk, esp. too drunk to stand. Cf. legless adj. 3. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > drunk > completely or very drunk drunk as a (drowned) mousea1350 to-drunka1382 as drunk as the devilc1400 sow-drunk1509 fish-drunk1591 swine-drunk1592 gone1603 far gone1616 reeling drunk1620 soda1625 souseda1625 blind1630 full1631 drunk (also merry, tipsy) as a lord1652 as full (or tight) as a tick1678 clear1688 drunk (dull, mute) as a fish1700 as drunk as David's sow or as a sow1727 as drunk as a piper1728 blind-drunkc1775 bitch foua1796 blootered1820 whole-seas over1820 three sheets in the wind1821 as drunk as a loon1830 shellaced1881 as drunk as a boiled owl1886 stinking1887 steaming drunk1892 steaming with drink1897 footless1901 legless1903 plastered1912 legless drunk1926 stinko1927 drunk as a pissant1930 kaylied1937 langers1949 stoned1952 smashed1962 shit-faced1963 out of (also off) one's bird1966 trashed1966 faced1968 stoned1968 steaming1973 langered1979 annihilated1980 obliterated1984 wankered1992 muntered1998 1901 Kildare Observer 26 Jan. At about half-past six he saw Valentine staggering drunk—footless. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xii. [Cyclops] 293 The lout was..going home footless in a cab five times in the week after drinking his way through all the samples in the bloody establishment. 1975 J. McCourt Mawrdew Czgowchwz ii. 36 She banged into Trixie Gilhooley, showgirl, unescorted and footless in P. J. O'Failte's. 1981 M. Keane Good Behaviour xxxiv. 280 ‘Footless, poor thing,’ I heard one of them say to the other as though he spoke over my dead body. 2002 J. McGahern That they may face Rising Sun (2003) 251 People with big bunches of shamrocks in their coats who had been off the drink for Lent were footless. B. adv. Irish English. In footless drunk: extremely, excessively. Cf. legless drunk at legless adv. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adverb] > degrees of drunkenness royally1773 gloriously1785 nicely1851 footless drunk1927 paralytically1969 1927 Connacht Tribune 22 Oct. 5/6 Her husband got drunk there and often came home ‘footless’ drunk. 1958 Donegal News 22 Feb. 2/7 He said when they got to the bar at Killygordon the old man..was footless drunk. 1983 Anglo-Celt (Cavan, Ireland) 10 June 6/3 Both men were ‘footless drunk’ and his biggest problem was to keep them from staggering out on to the road. 2004 Irish Independent 8 June (Life Mag.) 3/2 Young people are now drinking to excess, getting absolutely footless drunk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.a1398
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