angerlessadj.

1547 J. Wilkinson tr. Aristotle Ethiques xiii. sig. C.ii He that is not so angry as he should be is called Iniracibile or angerles.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) ii. xxvi. sig. Ff2 With an angerles brauery, & an vnabashed mildnes, in this manner spake vnto them.

1675 E. Polhill Precious Faith Considered x. 311 It is observable, that where the Meekness is only Natural or Moral, Men will be angerless and sinfully meek even when Gods Glory lies at the Stake.

1823 Liberal 2 No. 3. 73 She never permitted her ill-wishers to have the satisfaction of exciting in any degree a mutual sentiment in her pure and angerless mind.

1892 G. J. Holyoake 60 Years Agitator's Life I. ix. 41 His angerless voice never varied in the most conflicting counsel.

1949 Waukesha (Wisconsin) Daily Freeman 18 Apr. 4/8 The time when we can do most to manage ourselves in wrath is when we are calm and angerless.

2002 N. Martin Perfect Snow (2004) v. 45 It was a solemn, surprisingly calm face, the same angerless, accepting expression he wore at school.