lawlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈlɔːləs/, U.S.

/ˈlɔləs/,

/ˈlɑləs/

Etymology: < law n.¹ + -less suffix.

a. Without law, having no laws; ignorant of, or not regulated by law. Of a law: Not based on principles of right. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > physics > [adjective] > in accordance with laws of nature > not

lawless1956

a1200 Moral Ode 291 Þer buð þo heþenemen, þe were lawelese [v.r. laȝe-lease].

a1327 Pol. Songs (Camden) 254 For miht is riht, the lond is laweles.

1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 906 For as bestes ȝe ben by no skile reuled,..So be ȝe, ludus, by-lad & lawe-les alse.

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xix Ther was oomen in to their landes people that were laules.

1598 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 20 A barbarous and inhumane people, whose law is lawlesse.

a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 431 Shall the enemies of this Church..say, we are a lawless Church.

1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. 4 If the determinations of the will are themselves lawless and uncertain.

1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. xlvi. 84 Albania's chief, whose dread command Is lawless law.

1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 254 Commercial feuds in the lawless depths of the wilderness.

1956 E. H. Hutten Lang. Mod. Physics vi. 215 This confusion has prompted the view that chance events are lawless.

b. Exempt from law, not within the province of law, above or beyond the reach of law. †Also, in the position of an outlaw.

ΚΠ

c1250 H. de Bracton De Legibus Angliæ iii. tract. ii. xi. §1 & extunc utlagabitur, sicut ille qui est extra legem, sicut Laughelesman [v.r. Laghelesman].

1602 T. Heywood How Man may chuse Good Wife H 4 I haue procur'd a licence, and this night We will be married in a lawlesse Church.

a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) v. ii. 57 You shall find you are not lawlesse, and that your moneys Cannot justifie your villanies.

1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 49 He is not bound to it, for the Lord of the Law is Lawless.

1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. xii. 37 Christ hath not made us lawless..in vain.

1865 J. B. Mozley 8 Lect. Miracles vi. 117 Such an anomalous occurrence would be lawless, and a contradiction to known law.

a. Of persons, their actions: Regardless of, or disobedient to law. †Occasionally of an action: Illegal, unlawful (obsolete). Of passions, etc.: Uncontrolled by law, unbridled, licentious.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective]

lawlessc1394

wantona1425

contemptuous1517

licentious1535

rightless1572

exlegal1602

c1394 P. Pl. Crede 609 It is a laweles lijf as lordynges vsen.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 7304 For nouþer er ȝe war ne wise, Bot for ȝour riches ouer lawe-lis.

14.. Siege Jerusalem 25/496 Lat neuer þis lawles ledis lauȝ at his harmys.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 170 I leue here be sum losynger, sum lawles wrech.

1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 36 Great is the lawlesse laying on of the sword and warlike weapon.

1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 309 A valiant sonne in law thou shalt inioy, One fit to bandie with thy lawlesse sonnes.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 213 He needes no indirect, nor lawlesse course, To cut off those that haue offended him.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. i. 52 That they may hold excus'd our lawlesse liues.

1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore iii. i. 222 Lawlesse desires are seas scorning all bounds.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 411 At the Innes of Court under pretence to learn Law, he learns to be lawlesse.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 90 Wine urg'd to lawless Lust the Centaurs Train.

a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 84 Revenge implacable, and lawless Fires.

1812 G. Crabbe Tales i. 15 Beneath him fix'd, our Man of Law, That lawless man the Foe of Order, saw.

1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 73 Shaming lawless mirth.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 326 He should be protected against lawless violence.

1888 M. Morris Claverhouse x. 183 Among these lawless spirits, he who would be obeyed must be feared.

absolute.1557 Bible (Whittingham) 1 Tim. i. 9 The Lawe is..geuen..vnto the lawles.1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 137 I have said that to withstand the arguments of the lawless, the Anti-jacobins proposed to suspend the law.

b. said of animals and inanimate objects.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > specifically of objects viewed as endowed with life

wanton1579

lawless1738

the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > restless or unruly

mockisha1529

unruly1544

undemure?1548

skittish1600

lawless1854

uneasy1855

rowdy1872

1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) lxxxix. vi Thou dost the lawless Sea controul.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. lxxi. 803 The lawless river overturned the palaces..on its banks.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 154 A prison for wild lawless birds.

Derivatives

ˈlawlessly adv. in a lawless manner.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adverb]

contemptuously1517

licentiously1591

lawlesslya1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iii. 13 He..will not vse a woman lawlesly .

1651 Bp. J. Hall Χειροθεσία 77 How lawlessly vicious are the lives of too many.

1972 Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 2/8 The council is insistent that it is not behaving lawlessly.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	lawless
释义	lawlessadj. Brit. /ˈlɔːləs/, U.S. /ˈlɔləs/, /ˈlɑləs/ Etymology: < law n.¹ + -less suffix. 1. a. Without law, having no laws; ignorant of, or not regulated by law. Of a law: Not based on principles of right. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > physics > [adjective] > in accordance with laws of nature > not lawless1956 a1200 Moral Ode 291 Þer buð þo heþenemen, þe were lawelese [v.r. laȝe-lease]. a1327 Pol. Songs (Camden) 254 For miht is riht, the lond is laweles. 1340–70 Alex. & Dind. 906 For as bestes ȝe ben by no skile reuled,..So be ȝe, ludus, by-lad & lawe-les alse. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xix Ther was oomen in to their landes people that were laules. 1598 R. Hakluyt tr. in Princ. Navigations (new ed.) I. 20 A barbarous and inhumane people, whose law is lawlesse. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 431 Shall the enemies of this Church..say, we are a lawless Church. 1789 W. Belsham Ess. I. 4 If the determinations of the will are themselves lawless and uncertain. 1812 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Cantos I & II ii. xlvi. 84 Albania's chief, whose dread command Is lawless law. 1836 W. Irving Astoria III. 254 Commercial feuds in the lawless depths of the wilderness. 1956 E. H. Hutten Lang. Mod. Physics vi. 215 This confusion has prompted the view that chance events are lawless. b. Exempt from law, not within the province of law, above or beyond the reach of law. †Also, in the position of an outlaw. ΚΠ c1250 H. de Bracton De Legibus Angliæ iii. tract. ii. xi. §1 & extunc utlagabitur, sicut ille qui est extra legem, sicut Laughelesman [v.r. Laghelesman]. 1602 T. Heywood How Man may chuse Good Wife H 4 I haue procur'd a licence, and this night We will be married in a lawlesse Church. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) v. ii. 57 You shall find you are not lawlesse, and that your moneys Cannot justifie your villanies. 1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 49 He is not bound to it, for the Lord of the Law is Lawless. 1685 R. Baxter Paraphr. New Test. Matt. xii. 37 Christ hath not made us lawless..in vain. 1865 J. B. Mozley 8 Lect. Miracles vi. 117 Such an anomalous occurrence would be lawless, and a contradiction to known law. 2. a. Of persons, their actions: Regardless of, or disobedient to law. †Occasionally of an action: Illegal, unlawful (obsolete). Of passions, etc.: Uncontrolled by law, unbridled, licentious. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adjective] lawlessc1394 wantona1425 contemptuous1517 licentious1535 rightless1572 exlegal1602 c1394 P. Pl. Crede 609 It is a laweles lijf as lordynges vsen. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Gött.) l. 7304 For nouþer er ȝe war ne wise, Bot for ȝour riches ouer lawe-lis. 14.. Siege Jerusalem 25/496 Lat neuer þis lawles ledis lauȝ at his harmys. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 170 I leue here be sum losynger, sum lawles wrech. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 36 Great is the lawlesse laying on of the sword and warlike weapon. 1594 W. Shakespeare Titus Andronicus i. i. 309 A valiant sonne in law thou shalt inioy, One fit to bandie with thy lawlesse sonnes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. iv. 213 He needes no indirect, nor lawlesse course, To cut off those that haue offended him. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. i. 52 That they may hold excus'd our lawlesse liues. View more context for this quotation 1630 T. Dekker Second Pt. Honest Whore iii. i. 222 Lawlesse desires are seas scorning all bounds. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State v. xiv. 411 At the Innes of Court under pretence to learn Law, he learns to be lawlesse. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 90 Wine urg'd to lawless Lust the Centaurs Train. View more context for this quotation a1704 T. Brown Satyr against Woman in Wks. (1707) I. i. 84 Revenge implacable, and lawless Fires. 1812 G. Crabbe Tales i. 15 Beneath him fix'd, our Man of Law, That lawless man the Foe of Order, saw. 1846 J. Keble Lyra Innocentium 73 Shaming lawless mirth. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 326 He should be protected against lawless violence. 1888 M. Morris Claverhouse x. 183 Among these lawless spirits, he who would be obeyed must be feared. absolute.1557 Bible (Whittingham) 1 Tim. i. 9 The Lawe is..geuen..vnto the lawles.1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (1865) 137 I have said that to withstand the arguments of the lawless, the Anti-jacobins proposed to suspend the law. b. said of animals and inanimate objects. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > specifically of objects viewed as endowed with life wanton1579 lawless1738 the world > animals > by nature > [adjective] > restless or unruly mockisha1529 unruly1544 undemure?1548 skittish1600 lawless1854 uneasy1855 rowdy1872 1738 J. Wesley Coll. Psalms & Hymns (new ed.) lxxxix. vi Thou dost the lawless Sea controul. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. lxxi. 803 The lawless river overturned the palaces..on its banks. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 154 A prison for wild lawless birds. Derivatives ˈlawlessly adv. in a lawless manner. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [adverb] contemptuously1517 licentiously1591 lawlesslya1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) v. iii. 13 He..will not vse a woman lawlesly . View more context for this quotation 1651 Bp. J. Hall Χειροθεσία 77 How lawlessly vicious are the lives of too many. 1972 Daily Tel. 4 Aug. 2/8 The council is insistent that it is not behaving lawlessly. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.a1200
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