notionlessadj.
/ˈnəʊʃnləs/, U.S. /ˈnoʊʃənləs/ Without any notion or idea; devoid of notion.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > faint, imperfect idea > [adjective] > lacking ideas
unideal1751
unideaed1752
idealess1793
notionless1814
1814 New Brit. Theatre I. 529 The notionless words of the intellectual masters and misses.
1825 E. Hewlett Cottage Comforts vi. 41 Quite helpless and notionless in common things.
1882 Mind 7 273 His [sc. Kant's] actual assertion only runs that notionless perceptions are, as it were, not focussed.
1975 Noûs 9 424 There is no plausible recursion that could lead us..to a notionless paraphrase.
1980 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 19 Oct. vi. 88 ‘Any notions I get I shall forward to you,’ he promised. The summer passed, notionless.
1989 J. Gallas Boulders on Hunstanton Beach in Pract. Anarchy 22 The sky, a favourite of painters here for its unobstructed arch and brilliant blue, Its empty, motionless, notionless curlicue.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
† notionlessadv.
Obsolete. rare.
Not in a notional manner; with certainty.
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the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > absence of doubt, confidence > assured fact, certainty > [adverb]
i-wislichec1000
wislyc1000
yernec1000
wellOE
wisc1175
sickera1275
without missa1275
redlyc1275
certainlya1375
sadc1380
confirmedlyc1449
certaina1500
undeceitfully1571
notionless1607
ascertainably1863
absotively1914
1607 J. Davies Summa Totalis sig. H4 Yet, Creatures onely know in that degree; But God knowes (Notionlesse) Essentially.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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adj.1814
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