awelessadj.

Brit.

/ˈɔːləs/, U.S.

/ˈɔləs/,

/ˈɑləs/

Forms: Middle English aȝlez, Middle English awles, late Middle English–1600s awlesse, 1500s aweles, 1500s–1600s awelesse, 1600s–1800s awless, 1600s– aweless.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: awe n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < awe n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare earlier eyeless adj.¹ Compare also earlier awful adj.

1. Having or showing no awe.

a. Fearless, bold, courageous.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > dreadlessness > [adjective]

awelessc1400

dreadlessc1400

undreadfulc1400

dreadnought1592

unredoubting1665

unapprehensive1666

undreading1745

c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2335 How þat doȝty dredles..stondeȝ Armed ful aȝleȝ.

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 266 Against whose furie..The awlesse Lion could not wage the fight.

a1851 D. M. Moir Castle of Time v, in Poet. Wks. (1852) II. 392 While the keen knife the aweless Patriarch keeps Unsheathed.

1880 A. C. Swinburne Stud. in Song 38 The awless lord of kings.

1913 A. S. Way tr. Quintus Smyrnaeus Fall of Troy xii. 493 Then are men most dangerous, when they stake Their lives in utter recklessness of death, As battle now the aweless sons of Troy.

2006 N. S. Köenings Blue Taxi (e-book ed.) xi Marveling at their aweless, resolute procession, he briefly felt as if he were participating in the motions of something greater than himself.

b. Lacking any feeling of wonder or reverence; showing a lack of reverence or respect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective]

unreverenta1425

aweless1440

irreverent1550

unreverendc1562

irreverend1576

unawful1627

irreverential1652

unreverential1793

the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective] > not worthy of reverence

aweless1440

irreverenta1513

unreverent1576

unreverend1581

unvenerablea1616

irreverend1748

unawful1799

1440 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1911) K. 244 (MED) Seeyng such exhorbitant noveltees thus boldly, as hit were doone of menne awles, to be doon in oure days.

a1500 in Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 32 Holy cherche is awlesse, and Justicis ar & lawlesse.

1571 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc (1847) v. i. 153 Careles of countrey, and aweles of God.

1656 J. Trapp Comm. Matt. xi. 29 Christians must not be yokeless, aweless, masterless.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 342 With awless Insolence.

1796 A. Seward Llangollen Vale 48 He alike rebels Who seriousness, and pious dread repels, And aweless gazes on the faded Clime.

a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 45 Where lawless force is awless master.

1914 ‘M. Field’ Dedicated i. 20 The Emperor leaves his sacrifice impassioned To strike our treason, aweless of his pride.

1998 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 5 July From the same warped minds..comes this aweless romp..through a few of the Bard's plots.

†a. Lacking the capacity to fill people with awe; not awe-inspiring. Obsolete.Apparently not in use from the 19th century. Sense 2b may represent a continuation of this sense in weakened use, but is probably a re-formation by analogy with awesome.

ΚΠ

1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iv. 169 It is a lawlesse Schoole, where there is an awlesse Monitor.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) ii. iv. 51 Insulting Tiranny beginnes to Iutt Vpon the innocent and awelesse [1597 lawlesse] Throne.

1642 Prophecy of Humphrey Tindal 6 When pride is most prest, and lechery most rife, and Knights and knaves clad both in one clothing the Church awlesse, and the Land lawlesse, by the yeere of Christ to come and gon, In the Land of Albion shall be much confusion.

1795 F. Wrangham Poems 42 In awless state th' unworshipp'd idols stand, And tempt with sacred gold the plunderer's hand.

b. Unremarkable, uninspiring; not outstanding in any way. Cf. earlier awesome adj. 1b.

ΚΠ

1977 Washington Post 25 Dec. f2/1 That was something they have achieved only 10 times in 105 opportunities this season. That gives them the most aweless percentage in the NHL.

1988 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 5 Feb. He's penning a tome he's given the utterly unoriginal and aweless title of Denison: I Shall Return. Can't wait.

2010 @devvyn 7June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) The official design looks a little uninspired and aweless.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	aweless
释义	awelessadj. Brit. /ˈɔːləs/, U.S. /ˈɔləs/, /ˈɑləs/ Forms: Middle English aȝlez, Middle English awles, late Middle English–1600s awlesse, 1500s aweles, 1500s–1600s awelesse, 1600s–1800s awless, 1600s– aweless. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: awe n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < awe n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare earlier eyeless adj.¹ Compare also earlier awful adj. 1. Having or showing no awe. a. Fearless, bold, courageous. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > courage > fearlessness > dreadlessness > [adjective] awelessc1400 dreadlessc1400 undreadfulc1400 dreadnought1592 unredoubting1665 unapprehensive1666 undreading1745 c1400 (?c1390) Sir Gawain & Green Knight (1940) l. 2335 How þat doȝty dredles..stondeȝ Armed ful aȝleȝ. a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) i. i. 266 Against whose furie..The awlesse Lion could not wage the fight. View more context for this quotation a1851 D. M. Moir Castle of Time v, in Poet. Wks. (1852) II. 392 While the keen knife the aweless Patriarch keeps Unsheathed. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Stud. in Song 38 The awless lord of kings. 1913 A. S. Way tr. Quintus Smyrnaeus Fall of Troy xii. 493 Then are men most dangerous, when they stake Their lives in utter recklessness of death, As battle now the aweless sons of Troy. 2006 N. S. Köenings Blue Taxi (e-book ed.) xi Marveling at their aweless, resolute procession, he briefly felt as if he were participating in the motions of something greater than himself. b. Lacking any feeling of wonder or reverence; showing a lack of reverence or respect. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective] unreverenta1425 aweless1440 irreverent1550 unreverendc1562 irreverend1576 unawful1627 irreverential1652 unreverential1793 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > irreverence > [adjective] > not worthy of reverence aweless1440 irreverenta1513 unreverent1576 unreverend1581 unvenerablea1616 irreverend1748 unawful1799 1440 in R. R. Sharpe Cal. Let.-bks. London (1911) K. 244 (MED) Seeyng such exhorbitant noveltees thus boldly, as hit were doone of menne awles, to be doon in oure days. a1500 in Bernardus de Cura Rei Famuliaris 32 Holy cherche is awlesse, and Justicis ar & lawlesse. 1571 T. Norton & T. Sackville Gorboduc (1847) v. i. 153 Careles of countrey, and aweles of God. 1656 J. Trapp Comm. Matt. xi. 29 Christians must not be yokeless, aweless, masterless. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 342 With awless Insolence. 1796 A. Seward Llangollen Vale 48 He alike rebels Who seriousness, and pious dread repels, And aweless gazes on the faded Clime. a1849 J. C. Mangan Poems (1859) 45 Where lawless force is awless master. 1914 ‘M. Field’ Dedicated i. 20 The Emperor leaves his sacrifice impassioned To strike our treason, aweless of his pride. 1998 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Dispatch (Nexis) 5 July From the same warped minds..comes this aweless romp..through a few of the Bard's plots. 2. †a. Lacking the capacity to fill people with awe; not awe-inspiring. Obsolete.Apparently not in use from the 19th century. Sense 2b may represent a continuation of this sense in weakened use, but is probably a re-formation by analogy with awesome. ΚΠ 1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iv. 169 It is a lawlesse Schoole, where there is an awlesse Monitor. a1616 W. Shakespeare Richard III (1623) ii. iv. 51 Insulting Tiranny beginnes to Iutt Vpon the innocent and awelesse [1597 lawlesse] Throne. 1642 Prophecy of Humphrey Tindal 6 When pride is most prest, and lechery most rife, and Knights and knaves clad both in one clothing the Church awlesse, and the Land lawlesse, by the yeere of Christ to come and gon, In the Land of Albion shall be much confusion. 1795 F. Wrangham Poems 42 In awless state th' unworshipp'd idols stand, And tempt with sacred gold the plunderer's hand. b. Unremarkable, uninspiring; not outstanding in any way. Cf. earlier awesome adj. 1b. ΚΠ 1977 Washington Post 25 Dec. f2/1 That was something they have achieved only 10 times in 105 opportunities this season. That gives them the most aweless percentage in the NHL. 1988 Herald (Melbourne) (Nexis) 5 Feb. He's penning a tome he's given the utterly unoriginal and aweless title of Denison: I Shall Return. Can't wait. 2010 @devvyn 7June in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) The official design looks a little uninspired and aweless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.c1400
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