menselessadj.

Brit.

/ˈmɛnsləs/, U.S.

/ˈmɛnsləs/, Scottish English

/ˈmɛnsləs/

Forms: see mense n.¹ and -less suffix; also 1500s mencelesse (English regional (northern)).

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

Etymology: < mense n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare menskless adj.

Now Scottish.

Lacking propriety, decorum, or seemliness; foolish, senseless; ill-mannered, boorish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered

unthewedc1175

ill-mannered1422

unmannerlya1425

mannerlessa1500

unmannered?1518

inhonest1534

ungraciousa1535

unrude?1552

misnurtured1553

menseless1568

misleared1578

mismannered1615

unmanneredly1650

rag-mannered1698

1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow i. 113 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 285 This cursit cumpany And mensles mangery.

1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 11 Oh but I feare myne hopes be voyde, or mencelesse.

1737 in Caledonian Mag. (1788) 503 He jee'd na out o' that an inch, Afore a menseless man, Came a' at anes athort his hinch A sowph.

1786 R. Burns Poems 65 An' warn him..no to rin an' wear his cloots, Like ither menseless, graceless brutes.

1814 W. Tennant Elegy Trottin' Nanny 4 Deil choke wi' soot thy menseless maw!

a1816 J. Orr Posthumous Wks. (1817) Though here and there may sit a menseless loun, The thoughtfu' class consider poor folks' need.

1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 32 The menseless fry Gie out its for your fame they pry, To mak it strunt, an' sten' mair high.

1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken (1887) 149 Puir menseless sheep that hae na gotten a shepherd.

1939 J. M. Caie 'Twixt Hills & Sea 77 Envyin', hatin', fechtin', grief an' dule Made up their life, An' made it menseless, fusome, daft an' fool.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	menseless
释义	menselessadj. Brit. /ˈmɛnsləs/, U.S. /ˈmɛnsləs/, Scottish English /ˈmɛnsləs/ Forms: see mense n.¹ and -less suffix; also 1500s mencelesse (English regional (northern)). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mense n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < mense n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare menskless adj. Now Scottish. Lacking propriety, decorum, or seemliness; foolish, senseless; ill-mannered, boorish. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > [adjective] > ill-mannered unthewedc1175 ill-mannered1422 unmannerlya1425 mannerlessa1500 unmannered?1518 inhonest1534 ungraciousa1535 unrude?1552 misnurtured1553 menseless1568 misleared1578 mismannered1615 unmanneredly1650 rag-mannered1698 1568 (a1500) Colkelbie Sow i. 113 in W. T. Ritchie Bannatyne MS (1930) IV. 285 This cursit cumpany And mensles mangery. 1593 B. Barnes Parthenophil & Parthenophe 11 Oh but I feare myne hopes be voyde, or mencelesse. 1737 in Caledonian Mag. (1788) 503 He jee'd na out o' that an inch, Afore a menseless man, Came a' at anes athort his hinch A sowph. 1786 R. Burns Poems 65 An' warn him..no to rin an' wear his cloots, Like ither menseless, graceless brutes. 1814 W. Tennant Elegy Trottin' Nanny 4 Deil choke wi' soot thy menseless maw! a1816 J. Orr Posthumous Wks. (1817) Though here and there may sit a menseless loun, The thoughtfu' class consider poor folks' need. 1858 M. Porteous Real Souter Johnny (ed. 2) 32 The menseless fry Gie out its for your fame they pry, To mak it strunt, an' sten' mair high. 1883 R. Cleland Inchbracken (1887) 149 Puir menseless sheep that hae na gotten a shepherd. 1939 J. M. Caie 'Twixt Hills & Sea 77 Envyin', hatin', fechtin', grief an' dule Made up their life, An' made it menseless, fusome, daft an' fool. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1568
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