mightlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌɪtləs/, U.S.

/ˈmaɪtləs/, Scottish English

/ˈmʌitləs/

Forms: Old English mihteleas, Old English mihtleas, Middle English miȝhteles, Middle English miȝteles, Middle English miȝtelese, Middle English miȝtles, Middle English mihtles, Middle English myghtles, Middle English myhtlees, Middle English–1500s mightles, 1500s myghtlesse, 1600s mightlesse, 1800s– mightless; Scottish pre-1700 machles, pre-1700 maucles, pre-1700 michtles, pre-1700 mightlesse, pre-1700 mychtles, pre-1700 myghtles, 1700s–1800s mauchtless, 1700s– mauchless, 1700s– maughtless, 1800s– machless, 1900s– maachless (Shetland), 1900s– machtless (Shetland), 1900s– maichless, 1900s– mouchless (Orkney).

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

Etymology: < might n.¹ + -less suffix.In 20th-cent. Orkney texts a variant mauchterless with medial -er- is also attested.

Scottish. Now archaic and regional (Shetland and Orkney).

1. Powerless, impotent; weak.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > powerless or helpless

mightlessOE

powerlessc1425

impotent1444

mean1525

unpuissant1568

moyenless1599

aidless1608

impuissant1629

paralytic1642

adynamous1656

impotentiala1657

enervous1677

numb1802

fucked1949

dickless1957

OE Judgement Day II 126 Stent hergea mæst heortleas and earh, amasod and amarod, mihtleas, afæred.

OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 301 He for modleaste ne mæge his mannum don steore, ac bið him swa mihtleas on his modes strece, þæt he his underþeoddan egesian ne dear.

c1300 St. Bartholomew (Laud) 224 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 373 (MED) Þe godes..beoth al-so miȝte-lese ase is þat dede treo.

?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 280 (MED) Þe rose is myghtles þer nettille spredis ouer fer.

a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 55 Þys vnycorn..layth hys hed yn hur barme, myghtles wythout strengthe.

1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) ixv. 25 Voluing this way into my maucles mynd.

1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 291 Baith sichtles, and michtles, I grewe almaist attanes.

a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 253 The mast schouk sa louse that Mr. Robert (the auld man being dammist and machles) haid mikle ado to fasten the sam.

1723 W. Meston Knight 19 In substance poor, in numbers few, A maughtless and unarmed crew.

1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 10 Jeering they'd say, Poor Lindy's maughtless grown.

1806 J. Cock Simple Strains (1824) 79 She's maughtless, doited, auld, an' crazy.

1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. x. 187 Utter thou thy praying to the mightless heads of the dead.

1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 19 It wis the lauch o' a machless body.

1933 J. Gray Lowrie 134 Wirkin da pumps nicht an' day fill dey wir juist maachless.

1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Machtless Dey wir taen on an strivven till dey wir machtless.

†2. With infinitive: powerless (to do something). Obsolete.

ΚΠ

c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) 74 (MED) Þat may not be graunted Of me þat miȝhteles am mysilf so to kepe.

a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 82 Old men passed age and myghtles to fast.

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 415 Might-lesse our selues to succour, or aduise.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mightless
释义	mightlessadj. Brit. /ˈmʌɪtləs/, U.S. /ˈmaɪtləs/, Scottish English /ˈmʌitləs/ Forms: Old English mihteleas, Old English mihtleas, Middle English miȝhteles, Middle English miȝteles, Middle English miȝtelese, Middle English miȝtles, Middle English mihtles, Middle English myghtles, Middle English myhtlees, Middle English–1500s mightles, 1500s myghtlesse, 1600s mightlesse, 1800s– mightless; Scottish pre-1700 machles, pre-1700 maucles, pre-1700 michtles, pre-1700 mightlesse, pre-1700 mychtles, pre-1700 myghtles, 1700s–1800s mauchtless, 1700s– mauchless, 1700s– maughtless, 1800s– machless, 1900s– maachless (Shetland), 1900s– machtless (Shetland), 1900s– maichless, 1900s– mouchless (Orkney). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: might n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < might n.¹ + -less suffix.In 20th-cent. Orkney texts a variant mauchterless with medial -er- is also attested. Scottish. Now archaic and regional (Shetland and Orkney). 1. Powerless, impotent; weak. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > powerless or helpless mightlessOE powerlessc1425 impotent1444 mean1525 unpuissant1568 moyenless1599 aidless1608 impuissant1629 paralytic1642 adynamous1656 impotentiala1657 enervous1677 numb1802 fucked1949 dickless1957 OE Judgement Day II 126 Stent hergea mæst heortleas and earh, amasod and amarod, mihtleas, afæred. OE Ælfric Homily: De Duodecim Abusivis (Corpus Cambr. 178) in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 301 He for modleaste ne mæge his mannum don steore, ac bið him swa mihtleas on his modes strece, þæt he his underþeoddan egesian ne dear. c1300 St. Bartholomew (Laud) 224 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 373 (MED) Þe godes..beoth al-so miȝte-lese ase is þat dede treo. ?a1400 (a1338) R. Mannyng Chron. (Petyt) ii. 280 (MED) Þe rose is myghtles þer nettille spredis ouer fer. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 55 Þys vnycorn..layth hys hed yn hur barme, myghtles wythout strengthe. 1586 in W. A. Craigie Maitland Quarto MS (1920) ixv. 25 Voluing this way into my maucles mynd. 1597 A. Montgomerie Cherrie & Slae 291 Baith sichtles, and michtles, I grewe almaist attanes. a1614 J. Melville Autobiogr. & Diary (1842) 253 The mast schouk sa louse that Mr. Robert (the auld man being dammist and machles) haid mikle ado to fasten the sam. 1723 W. Meston Knight 19 In substance poor, in numbers few, A maughtless and unarmed crew. 1768 A. Ross Fortunate Shepherdess i. 10 Jeering they'd say, Poor Lindy's maughtless grown. 1806 J. Cock Simple Strains (1824) 79 She's maughtless, doited, auld, an' crazy. 1887 W. Morris tr. Homer Odyssey I. x. 187 Utter thou thy praying to the mightless heads of the dead. 1922 Swatches o' Hamespun 19 It wis the lauch o' a machless body. 1933 J. Gray Lowrie 134 Wirkin da pumps nicht an' day fill dey wir juist maachless. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Machtless Dey wir taen on an strivven till dey wir machtless. †2. With infinitive: powerless (to do something). Obsolete. ΚΠ c1450 (c1350) Alexander & Dindimus (Bodl.) (1929) 74 (MED) Þat may not be graunted Of me þat miȝhteles am mysilf so to kepe. a1500 (?a1390) J. Mirk Festial (Gough) (1905) 82 Old men passed age and myghtles to fast. 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. ii. ii. 415 Might-lesse our selues to succour, or aduise. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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