harmlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈhɑːmləs/, U.S.

/ˈhɑrmləs/

Etymology: < harm n. + -less suffix.

1. Free from harm or injury; unhurt, uninjured, unharmed. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from harm or damage

unwoundedOE

scathelessc1175

skerea1225

unhurta1225

harmlessc1290

soundc1290

unshent1303

wella1325

quartc1330

untouchedc1400

inviolatea1420

unscathed1425

dangerlessc1440

unshendc1440

undefiledc1460

unhurted1483

hailscarta1522

undefaced1537

unpairedc1540

uncloyeda1560

undamnified1576

undemnified1576

uninjured1578

unfoiled1579

salamander-like1593

unvulnered1613

undamaged1648

invulneratea1680

sincere1700

c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 72/39 Harmles he feol and hol man i-novȝ.

c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Hypermnestra. 2664 To passen harmlesse of that place, She graunted hym.

1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxiv. 201 The scottes escaped harmelees.

1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Sabrine xvi Drowne mee, and let my mother harmlesse goe.

1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 482 Some..undertook by this means..to save harmless the religion of others.

1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xii. 101 Pecking up her food quite harmless and successful.

2. Free from loss, free from liability to punishment, or to pay for loss or damage; esp. in to save harmless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective]

safec1325

unharmed1340

safe and soona1393

sicker and safea1398

halea1400

lotlessa1400

harmless1418

unsunkc1586

hunk1856

hunky1861

1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 33 That þ^e same Ionet saue and kepe harmeles myn heirs..a-ȝens Iohn Roe.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 44 Yf ye saue me harmles in the spirituel court.

1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §103E That he the same R.S...shall acquite, discharge, and from time to time for euer saue harmelesse the said H.M. and J. his wife.

1651 J. Marius Advice Bills of Exchange 23 Giving Bond to save harmelesse.

1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 112 It was agreed to keep the king harmless.

1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 472 A person.. covenanted..that he would save the lessee harmless from any claiming by, from, or under him.

3. Free from guilt; innocent. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [adjective] > innocent or harmless

loathlessc1050

seelyc1290

harmless1297

ill-lessc1650

1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 509 Harmles me him nom, & mid hors to drou, & suþþe anhunge him.

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 675 Þe ryȝt-wys man schal se hys face, Þe harmlez haþel schal com hym tylle.

1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 279/1 To the helpe and defence of his good and harmelesse neyghbour, against y^e malice and crueltie of y^e wrong doer.

1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 ii. i. 27 In Pomphret Castle harmelesse Richard was shamefully murthered.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxix. sig. N6 How happy..those things liue, that follow harmelesse Nature?

1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters v. 134 Up to the very last scene, she bears him harmless of all suspicion.

4. Doing or causing no harm; not injurious or hurtful; inoffensive, innocuous.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless

unshathyOE

unbalefulOE

unscathefulc1175

unscathelya1400

unscathing1437

unnoyingc1440

unshendingc1450

unnoyous1483

harmless1533

unharmful1538

unhurtful1549

dintless1558

white1567

offenceless1581

inoffensive1598

unhurting1613

illaesive1628

innocuous1631

unmalignant1633

innoxious1638

inobnoxious1659

unvenomous1659

innocent1662

unafflictinga1711

unmolesting1767

fangless1790

unharming1796

woundless1796

uninjurious1809

uninjuring1820

unmischievous1821

scarless1823

boltless1832

inoffending1853

defanged1920

non-injury1926

anodyne1933

declawed1945

1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. vii. f. xxiii^v They loue better hunger and thurste than the harmelesse lacke of them bothe.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 71 The sucking Lambe, or harmelesse Doue.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 16 The most honest, ingenious, harmless Art of Angling.

1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) II. 279 The harmlessest Fellow in the World.

1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 29 One of the most harmless of human vanities.

1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 32 The harmless snake.

Compounds

harmless-looking adj.

ΚΠ

1890 ‘M. Corelli’ Wormwood III. 248 Liquid..harmless-looking as spring-water.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	harmless
释义	harmlessadj. Brit. /ˈhɑːmləs/, U.S. /ˈhɑrmləs/ Etymology: < harm n. + -less suffix. 1. Free from harm or injury; unhurt, uninjured, unharmed. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > free from harm or damage unwoundedOE scathelessc1175 skerea1225 unhurta1225 harmlessc1290 soundc1290 unshent1303 wella1325 quartc1330 untouchedc1400 inviolatea1420 unscathed1425 dangerlessc1440 unshendc1440 undefiledc1460 unhurted1483 hailscarta1522 undefaced1537 unpairedc1540 uncloyeda1560 undamnified1576 undemnified1576 uninjured1578 unfoiled1579 salamander-like1593 unvulnered1613 undamaged1648 invulneratea1680 sincere1700 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 72/39 Harmles he feol and hol man i-novȝ. c1385 G. Chaucer Legend Good Women Hypermnestra. 2664 To passen harmlesse of that place, She graunted hym. 1480 W. Caxton Chron. Eng. ccxiv. 201 The scottes escaped harmelees. 1587 J. Higgins Mirour for Magistrates (new ed.) Sabrine xvi Drowne mee, and let my mother harmlesse goe. 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. I. 482 Some..undertook by this means..to save harmless the religion of others. 1847 W. M. Thackeray Vanity Fair (1848) xii. 101 Pecking up her food quite harmless and successful. 2. Free from loss, free from liability to punishment, or to pay for loss or damage; esp. in to save harmless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] safec1325 unharmed1340 safe and soona1393 sicker and safea1398 halea1400 lotlessa1400 harmless1418 unsunkc1586 hunk1856 hunky1861 1418 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 33 That þ^e same Ionet saue and kepe harmeles myn heirs..a-ȝens Iohn Roe. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 44 Yf ye saue me harmles in the spirituel court. 1592 W. West Symbolæogr.: 1st Pt. §103E That he the same R.S...shall acquite, discharge, and from time to time for euer saue harmelesse the said H.M. and J. his wife. 1651 J. Marius Advice Bills of Exchange 23 Giving Bond to save harmelesse. 1755 N. Magens Ess. Insurances I. 112 It was agreed to keep the king harmless. 1818 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. (ed. 2) IV. 472 A person.. covenanted..that he would save the lessee harmless from any claiming by, from, or under him. 3. Free from guilt; innocent. archaic. ΘΚΠ society > morality > virtue > purity > innocence > [adjective] > innocent or harmless loathlessc1050 seelyc1290 harmless1297 ill-lessc1650 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 509 Harmles me him nom, & mid hors to drou, & suþþe anhunge him. c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 675 Þe ryȝt-wys man schal se hys face, Þe harmlez haþel schal com hym tylle. 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 279/1 To the helpe and defence of his good and harmelesse neyghbour, against y^e malice and crueltie of y^e wrong doer. 1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 ii. i. 27 In Pomphret Castle harmelesse Richard was shamefully murthered. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxix. sig. N6 How happy..those things liue, that follow harmelesse Nature? 1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters v. 134 Up to the very last scene, she bears him harmless of all suspicion. 4. Doing or causing no harm; not injurious or hurtful; inoffensive, innocuous. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless unshathyOE unbalefulOE unscathefulc1175 unscathelya1400 unscathing1437 unnoyingc1440 unshendingc1450 unnoyous1483 harmless1533 unharmful1538 unhurtful1549 dintless1558 white1567 offenceless1581 inoffensive1598 unhurting1613 illaesive1628 innocuous1631 unmalignant1633 innoxious1638 inobnoxious1659 unvenomous1659 innocent1662 unafflictinga1711 unmolesting1767 fangless1790 unharming1796 woundless1796 uninjurious1809 uninjuring1820 unmischievous1821 scarless1823 boltless1832 inoffending1853 defanged1920 non-injury1926 anodyne1933 declawed1945 1533 T. More Answere Poysened Bk. i. vii. f. xxiii^v They loue better hunger and thurste than the harmelesse lacke of them bothe. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 71 The sucking Lambe, or harmelesse Doue. View more context for this quotation 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 16 The most honest, ingenious, harmless Art of Angling. View more context for this quotation 1718 P. Motteux Don Quixote (1733) II. 279 The harmlessest Fellow in the World. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 29 One of the most harmless of human vanities. 1894 J. T. Fowler in St. Adamnan Vita S. Columbae Introd. 32 The harmless snake. Compounds harmless-looking adj. ΚΠ 1890 ‘M. Corelli’ Wormwood III. 248 Liquid..harmless-looking as spring-water. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1290
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