guilelessadj.

Brit.

/ˈɡʌɪlləs/, U.S.

/ˈɡaɪ(l)ləs/

Etymology: < guile n. + -less suffix.

Devoid of guile.

ΚΠ

1728 J. Thomson Spring 23 The plain Ox, That harmless, honest, guileless Animal.

a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 23 I chas'd the guileless daughters of the plain, Nor dropt the chace, till Jessy was my prey.

1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 24 Than every free-born glance confessed The guileless movements of her breast.

1844 R. M. McCheyne in Mem. (1872) i. 18 The golden days of guileless youth.

1880 W. S. Plumer in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 1–8 True piety is..guileless, unspotted from the world.

in combination.a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1874) 254 Cassio's full guileless-hearted wishes for the safety..of Othello.

Derivatives

ˈguilelessly adv.

ΚΠ

1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. xxxv. 7 Traps..into which they have fallen as guilelessly as beasts which stumble into concealed pits.

ˈguilelessness n.

ΚΠ

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Guilelesness..Guilelesly.

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. iv. 78 The truth of things..written on a brow of guilelessness.

1844 H. Rogers Ess. (1860) III. 113 The simplicity, innocence, and guilelessness of child~hood.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	guileless
释义	guilelessadj. Brit. /ˈɡʌɪlləs/, U.S. /ˈɡaɪ(l)ləs/ Etymology: < guile n. + -less suffix. Devoid of guile. ΚΠ 1728 J. Thomson Spring 23 The plain Ox, That harmless, honest, guileless Animal. a1763 W. Shenstone Wks. Verse & Prose (1764) I. 23 I chas'd the guileless daughters of the plain, Nor dropt the chace, till Jessy was my prey. 1810 W. Scott Lady of Lake i. 24 Than every free-born glance confessed The guileless movements of her breast. 1844 R. M. McCheyne in Mem. (1872) i. 18 The golden days of guileless youth. 1880 W. S. Plumer in C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David (1882) VI. Ps. cxix. 1–8 True piety is..guileless, unspotted from the world. in combination.a1834 S. T. Coleridge Notes & Lect. (1874) 254 Cassio's full guileless-hearted wishes for the safety..of Othello. Derivatives ˈguilelessly adv. ΚΠ 1871 C. H. Spurgeon Treasury of David II. Ps. xxxv. 7 Traps..into which they have fallen as guilelessly as beasts which stumble into concealed pits. ˈguilelessness n. ΚΠ 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Guilelesness..Guilelesly. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. iv. 78 The truth of things..written on a brow of guilelessness. 1844 H. Rogers Ess. (1860) III. 113 The simplicity, innocence, and guilelessness of child~hood. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1727
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