muselessadj.

Brit.

/ˈmjuːzləs/, U.S.

/ˈmjuzləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: muse n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < muse n.¹ + -less suffix, after ancient Greek ἄμουσος lacking education, taste, or refinement, (also) unmusical, discordant.

Without learning; uncultured; (also) uninspired.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [adjective]

rudea1382

roida1400

borel1513

rustical?1532

illiberal1535

waste?1541

rusticc1550

illiterate1556

ruggedc1565

profane1568

unskilful1572

raw?1573

clownish1581

home-born1589

rough-hewn1593

unpolished1594

artless1598

home-bred1602

unbevelled1602

incult1628

museless1644

uncultivated1646

incultivateda1657

uncultivate1659

incultivate1661

unpolite1674

uncult1675

repent1684

uncultivated1725

uncultured1777

unenlightened1792

cultureless1824

sloven1856

philistinic1869

undoctrined1869

Philistine1871

Philistinish1871

roughneck1906

lowbrow1907

low-level1916

no-brow1922

bohunk1957

bakya1960

society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] > Muse, god, or genius of poetry > without

museless1882

1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 5 It is to be wonder'd how museless and unbookish they were, minding nought but the feats of Warre.

a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 350 He [sc. Cyclops] is coming,..Drunken, museless, awkward, yelling, Far along his rocky dwelling.

1877 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VII. lxxiii. 16 The museless cry of the multitude.

1882 G. M. Hopkins Let. 4 Nov. (1955) 159 My mind is dull and museless.

1958 P. L. Fermor Mani i. 6 Nothing in the grace and the enchantment of all this could remind one of museless and unbookish Sparta.

2000 N.Y. Press 29 Mar. ii. 12/3 Without her, he would be museless.

Derivatives

ˈmuselessness n. rare

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [noun]

lewdness1362

inculture1653

uncultivatedness1764

incultivation1787

philistinism1793

uncultivation1796

unculture1812

muselessness1877

unliterariness1903

lowbrowism1910

1877 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VII. lxxxiii. 360 That Deadly Muselessness of the Cameronian leaders.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	museless
释义	muselessadj. Brit. /ˈmjuːzləs/, U.S. /ˈmjuzləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: muse n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < muse n.¹ + -less suffix, after ancient Greek ἄμουσος lacking education, taste, or refinement, (also) unmusical, discordant. Without learning; uncultured; (also) uninspired. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [adjective] rudea1382 roida1400 borel1513 rustical?1532 illiberal1535 waste?1541 rusticc1550 illiterate1556 ruggedc1565 profane1568 unskilful1572 raw?1573 clownish1581 home-born1589 rough-hewn1593 unpolished1594 artless1598 home-bred1602 unbevelled1602 incult1628 museless1644 uncultivated1646 incultivateda1657 uncultivate1659 incultivate1661 unpolite1674 uncult1675 repent1684 uncultivated1725 uncultured1777 unenlightened1792 cultureless1824 sloven1856 philistinic1869 undoctrined1869 Philistine1871 Philistinish1871 roughneck1906 lowbrow1907 low-level1916 no-brow1922 bohunk1957 bakya1960 society > leisure > the arts > literature > poetry > [adjective] > Muse, god, or genius of poetry > without museless1882 1644 J. Milton Areopagitica 5 It is to be wonder'd how museless and unbookish they were, minding nought but the feats of Warre. a1822 P. B. Shelley Cyclops in Posthumous Poems (1824) 350 He [sc. Cyclops] is coming,..Drunken, museless, awkward, yelling, Far along his rocky dwelling. 1877 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VII. lxxiii. 16 The museless cry of the multitude. 1882 G. M. Hopkins Let. 4 Nov. (1955) 159 My mind is dull and museless. 1958 P. L. Fermor Mani i. 6 Nothing in the grace and the enchantment of all this could remind one of museless and unbookish Sparta. 2000 N.Y. Press 29 Mar. ii. 12/3 Without her, he would be museless. Derivatives ˈmuselessness n. rare ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > cultural ignorance > [noun] lewdness1362 inculture1653 uncultivatedness1764 incultivation1787 philistinism1793 uncultivation1796 unculture1812 muselessness1877 unliterariness1903 lowbrowism1910 1877 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera VII. lxxxiii. 360 That Deadly Muselessness of the Cameronian leaders. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1644
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