单词 | hurtless |
释义 | hurtlessadj. 1. Free from hurt; unhurt. ΚΠ a1400–50 Alexander 102 Ert þou noȝt hurtles and hale? c1595 Countess of Pembroke Psalme xci. 47 in Coll. Wks. (1998) II. 138 On Lionet shalt hurtlesse soe And on the Dragon tread. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 750 Hurtless or not hurt, illaesus. 1876 G. MacDonald Thomas Wingfold iv. 34 I shall be hurtless, nor here, nor there. 2. Causing no hurt or injury; harmless. ΚΠ 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. (new ed.) II. Rom. Argt. sig. iii The boucherye of hurtles beastes. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxiv. ii He that hath hurtles hands. 1607 B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii. sig. Ev They had neuer..Beene murderers of so much paper, Or wasted many a hurtlesse taper. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis ix, in tr. Virgil Wks. 497 Hurtless Blows he makes. 1775 R. B. Sheridan Rivals v. iii Modest hurtless flowers. 1881 G. MacDonald Mary Marston III. xiii. 236 The beads came pelting down in a cataract of hurtless hail. Derivatives ˈhurtlessly adv. without hurt, harmlessly. ΚΠ a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) i. iv. sig. C6v Your neighbors haue found you so hurtlesly strong. 1611 G. Markham Countrey Contentm. (1668) i. ix. 47 The Art of Angling..having ever been most hurtlesly necessary, hath been the sport or Recreation of Gods Saints. ˈhurtlessness n. harmlessness, innocence. ΚΠ 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Innocence, hurtlesnesse. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. ii. sig. Kk1 Hoping that the goodnes of their intention, & the hurtlesnes of their sex shall excuse the breach of the commandement. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1400 |
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