ragelessadj.
/ˈreɪdʒlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈreɪdʒlᵻs/ rare.
Devoid of rage.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [adjective]
stillc825
tamec888
mildeOE
lithea1000
daftc1000
meekc1325
lambishc1374
meeklyc1375
benign1377
temperatec1380
quieta1382
gall-lessa1398
mansuetea1425
meeta1425
unwrathful1542
rageless1578
lamb-like?1592
mildya1603
milky1602
pigeon-livered1604
placid1614
spleenless?1615
passive1616
unprovokable1646
milken1648
uncaptious1661
stomachless1727
unindignant1789
pianoa1817
ireless1829
unquarrelsome1830
quiet-goinga1835
uncholeric1834
unoffendable1839
baby-milda1845
quiet-tempered1846
turtlish1855
pathic1857
1578 T. Proctor Gorgious Gallery sig. Jiii With rageles moodes they suffer wronge.
1857 J. Woodmansee Closing Scene i. 14 One rageless terror all alive with deaths!
1948 R. Graves Coll. Poems 218 My self reversed, my rage-less part, a slimy yellowish cone.
1996 Newsweek (Nexis) 4 Nov. 33 There's another reason this [election] race is rageless... People are less angry because politicians..have given them some of what they wanted.
Derivatives
ˈragelessness n. rare.
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1904 E. F. Benson Challoners v. 101 London, tired with its spinster ragelessness, rose at them as trout rise in the days of May fly.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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