redelessadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈriːdlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈridlᵻs/

Forms: Old English rædleas, Old English redeleas, early Middle English redleas, early Middle English redliese, Middle English radles, Middle English redeles, Middle English redlese, Middle English reedelees, Middle English rydelles, Middle English–1500s redles, late Middle English 1600s– redeless, 1500s redlesse, 1500s reedlesse, 1500s rydlesse; also Scottish pre-1700 redles, pre-1700 redless. N.E.D. (1904) also records forms Middle English redelees, Middle English redelis.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch raedloos , radeloos (Dutch radeloos ), Old High German ratelōs (German ratlos ), Old Icelandic ráðlauss , Old Swedish radhlös (Swedish rådlös ), Danish raadløs (now rådløs ), all showing a similar range of meanings < the Germanic base of rede n.¹ + the Germanic base of -less suffix. Compare later unredy adj., unready adj.² Compare also redeful adj.

archaic in later use.

A. adj.

Without counsel or advice; foolish, heedless; resourceless, perplexed, confused.In quot. a1325: wicked, evil.In later use frequently as an epithet of Æthelred II (d. 1016); cf. unready adj.²

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective]

dizzyc825

unwisec825

redelessOE

unwittyc1000

daftlikec1175

witlessc1175

canga1225

adoted?c1225

cangun?c1225

egedec1225

cangeda1250

foola1250

snepea1250

aerwittec1275

sotlyc1275

unslyc1275

unwitterc1275

unwilya1300

nicec1300

goosishc1374

unskilfulc1374

follyc1380

lewdc1380

mis-feelinga1382

dottlec1390

foltedc1390

peevishc1400

fona1425

fonnishc1425

foliousa1450

foolisha1450

daft?c1450

doitedc1450

dotyc1450

daffish1470

insapientc1470

gucked?a1500

wanwittya1500

furious1526

insipient1528

seelya1529

dawish?1529

foolage1545

momish1546

base-wittedc1547

stultitiousa1549

follifulc1550

senseless1565

mopish1568

fondish1579

unsensiblea1586

fondly1587

dizzardly1594

follial1596

featlessc1598

fopperly1599

gowkeda1605

inept1604

simple1604

anserine1607

foppish1608

silly ass1608

unsage1608

wisdomless1608

fool-beggeda1616

Gotham1621

noddy1645

badot1653

dosser-headed1655

infrunite1657

nonsensicalc1661

slight1663

sappy1670

datelessa1686

noddy-peaked1694

nizy1709

dottled1772

gypit1804

shay-brained1806

folly-stricken1807

fool-like1811

goosy1811

spoony1813

niddle-noddle1821

gumptionless1823

daftish1825

anserous1826

as crazy as a loon1830

spoonish1833

cheese-headed1836

dotty1860

fool-fool1868

noodly1870

dilly1873

gormless1883

daffy1884

monkey-doodle1886

mosy1887

jay1891

pithecanthropic1897

peanut-headed1906

dinlo1907

boob1911

goofy1921

ding-a-ling1935

jerky1944

jerk1947

jerkish1948

pointy-headed1950

doofus1967

twitty1967

twittish1969

nerkish1975

numpty1992

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective]

redelessOE

mopishc1300

tottedc1500

addle1534

muddy?1571

addle1576

foggya1591

foggy-brained1594

addled1599

addle-headed1600

bezzled1604

addle-pated1614

addle-brained1619

buzzle-headeda1644

puzzle-headed1729

puzzle-pated1736

muddle-headed1760

ramble-headeda1761

hulver-headed1785

ramfeezled1786

muddled1790

hoddy-doddya1798

muzzy-headed1798

bother-headed1820

muddle-pated1823

pixilated1848

woolly1864

bungle-headed1865

mixed1880

muddlesome1887

wifty1918

woozy1941

spastic1981

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective] > of Aethelred

redelessOE

unredec1210

unready1580

OE Daniel 177 Gleaw ne wæs, gumrices weard, reðe and rædleas.

OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1009 Hit wæs þa swilc hit eall rædleas wære.

a1250 Lofsong Louerde in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 211 (MED) Nabbich nowðer in me wisdom ne wurschipe and am redleas.

a1300 in B. J. Whiting Prov., Sentences, & Proverbial Phrases (1968) 317 Ailredus rex. Wanne king is radles..thanne sal engelong to same gon.

a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3574 Nai, for gode..It is a song wikke and redles.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2915 (MED) Sche..for drede of hire drem deulfulli quaked & wepud wonder sore & wiȝtli hire cloþed & romed þan redli al redles to hure chapel.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 15695 (MED) To wacken þam ne wald he noght..O þam redles him reud sare.

c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1197 (MED) Þenne wern þo rowtes redles in þo ryche wones.

c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) i. 1 (MED) Now, Richard þe redeles, reweth on ȝou-self, Þat lawelesse leddyn ȝoure lyf.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxviii. f. lxiiii^v This Woman beynge reedlesse..went vnto hym.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 968 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 125 Fra rule ressoun and richt redless I ran.

1536 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 79 I am sokerles and as a redles createwr bot only fro the gret tr[ust I] have in the Kyngs grace.

c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) 394 Þei of Tebes with teene turnede fro thanne, Ruefull and redeles, biraft of hur goodes.

1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Redeless, helpless.

1887 ‘M. Field’ Canute the Great ii. iii. 66 I have children So like their father, I have flung them off, For they recall the great misgovernance Of Ethelred the Redeless.

1889 W. Morris Tale House of Wolfings xxv, in Coll. Wks. (1912) 156 They were heavy-hearted and redeless, since the Gods had taken the victory out of their hands.

1935 J. Mackay Vigil & Other Poems 43 The redeless old nations in fear and at fault.

1961 G. Jones tr. Eirik the Red 205 Ethelred, so redeless, From westward course restrained me.

1990 W. I. Miller Bloodtaking & Peacemaking (1996) v. 165 The marriage Unn arranged..produced the villain of Njáls saga.., while Gunnars' redeless marriage to Hallgerd enabled its central feud.

†B. n.

With the. Redeless people as a class. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > collectively

redelessa1300

foolish1526

coxcombry1600

Feast of Fools1601

fooliaminy1608

ship of fools1609

noodledom1810

fooldom1843

boobery1920

booboisie1921

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] > confused person

redelessa1300

crazy, mixed-up (kid, person, etc.)1955

a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 2 (MED) Rede þe redliese þat is wið-ute rede.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 502 (MED) Þenne wyte not me for þe werk, þat I hit wolde help, And rwe on þo redles þat remen for synne.

c1425 Myrour to Lewde Men & Wymmen (Harl.) (1981) 145 (MED) The seuene gostly werkes of mercy..beþ þese: counsaile þe redeles, [etc.].

a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 113 Thynkeynge howe to benym the Orphyans breadde; And from the redeless take theyre Goodes awaie.

1896 A. Austin England's Darling (1901) ii. iv. 52 Billows given for safety gape with doom And ruin for the redeless.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	redeless
释义	redelessadj.n. Brit. /ˈriːdlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈridlᵻs/ Forms: Old English rædleas, Old English redeleas, early Middle English redleas, early Middle English redliese, Middle English radles, Middle English redeles, Middle English redlese, Middle English reedelees, Middle English rydelles, Middle English–1500s redles, late Middle English 1600s– redeless, 1500s redlesse, 1500s reedlesse, 1500s rydlesse; also Scottish pre-1700 redles, pre-1700 redless. N.E.D. (1904) also records forms Middle English redelees, Middle English redelis. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch raedloos , radeloos (Dutch radeloos ), Old High German ratelōs (German ratlos ), Old Icelandic ráðlauss , Old Swedish radhlös (Swedish rådlös ), Danish raadløs (now rådløs ), all showing a similar range of meanings < the Germanic base of rede n.¹ + the Germanic base of -less suffix. Compare later unredy adj., unready adj.² Compare also redeful adj. archaic in later use. A. adj. Without counsel or advice; foolish, heedless; resourceless, perplexed, confused.In quot. a1325: wicked, evil.In later use frequently as an epithet of Æthelred II (d. 1016); cf. unready adj.² ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > foolishness, folly > [adjective] dizzyc825 unwisec825 redelessOE unwittyc1000 daftlikec1175 witlessc1175 canga1225 adoted?c1225 cangun?c1225 egedec1225 cangeda1250 foola1250 snepea1250 aerwittec1275 sotlyc1275 unslyc1275 unwitterc1275 unwilya1300 nicec1300 goosishc1374 unskilfulc1374 follyc1380 lewdc1380 mis-feelinga1382 dottlec1390 foltedc1390 peevishc1400 fona1425 fonnishc1425 foliousa1450 foolisha1450 daft?c1450 doitedc1450 dotyc1450 daffish1470 insapientc1470 gucked?a1500 wanwittya1500 furious1526 insipient1528 seelya1529 dawish?1529 foolage1545 momish1546 base-wittedc1547 stultitiousa1549 follifulc1550 senseless1565 mopish1568 fondish1579 unsensiblea1586 fondly1587 dizzardly1594 follial1596 featlessc1598 fopperly1599 gowkeda1605 inept1604 simple1604 anserine1607 foppish1608 silly ass1608 unsage1608 wisdomless1608 fool-beggeda1616 Gotham1621 noddy1645 badot1653 dosser-headed1655 infrunite1657 nonsensicalc1661 slight1663 sappy1670 datelessa1686 noddy-peaked1694 nizy1709 dottled1772 gypit1804 shay-brained1806 folly-stricken1807 fool-like1811 goosy1811 spoony1813 niddle-noddle1821 gumptionless1823 daftish1825 anserous1826 as crazy as a loon1830 spoonish1833 cheese-headed1836 dotty1860 fool-fool1868 noodly1870 dilly1873 gormless1883 daffy1884 monkey-doodle1886 mosy1887 jay1891 pithecanthropic1897 peanut-headed1906 dinlo1907 boob1911 goofy1921 ding-a-ling1935 jerky1944 jerk1947 jerkish1948 pointy-headed1950 doofus1967 twitty1967 twittish1969 nerkish1975 numpty1992 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective] redelessOE mopishc1300 tottedc1500 addle1534 muddy?1571 addle1576 foggya1591 foggy-brained1594 addled1599 addle-headed1600 bezzled1604 addle-pated1614 addle-brained1619 buzzle-headeda1644 puzzle-headed1729 puzzle-pated1736 muddle-headed1760 ramble-headeda1761 hulver-headed1785 ramfeezled1786 muddled1790 hoddy-doddya1798 muzzy-headed1798 bother-headed1820 muddle-pated1823 pixilated1848 woolly1864 bungle-headed1865 mixed1880 muddlesome1887 wifty1918 woozy1941 spastic1981 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > weakness of intellect > confusion, muddle-headedness > [adjective] > of Aethelred redelessOE unredec1210 unready1580 OE Daniel 177 Gleaw ne wæs, gumrices weard, reðe and rædleas. OE Anglo-Saxon Chron. (Tiber. B.i) anno 1009 Hit wæs þa swilc hit eall rædleas wære. a1250 Lofsong Louerde in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 211 (MED) Nabbich nowðer in me wisdom ne wurschipe and am redleas. a1300 in B. J. Whiting Prov., Sentences, & Proverbial Phrases (1968) 317 Ailredus rex. Wanne king is radles..thanne sal engelong to same gon. a1325 (c1250) Gen. & Exod. (1968) l. 3574 Nai, for gode..It is a song wikke and redles. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) 2915 (MED) Sche..for drede of hire drem deulfulli quaked & wepud wonder sore & wiȝtli hire cloþed & romed þan redli al redles to hure chapel. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 15695 (MED) To wacken þam ne wald he noght..O þam redles him reud sare. c1400 (?c1380) Cleanness (1920) 1197 (MED) Þenne wern þo rowtes redles in þo ryche wones. c1475 (c1399) Mum & Sothsegger (Cambr. Ll.4.14) (1936) i. 1 (MED) Now, Richard þe redeles, reweth on ȝou-self, Þat lawelesse leddyn ȝoure lyf. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. cxxviii. f. lxiiii^v This Woman beynge reedlesse..went vnto hym. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 968 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 125 Fra rule ressoun and richt redless I ran. 1536 in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. II. 79 I am sokerles and as a redles createwr bot only fro the gret tr[ust I] have in the Kyngs grace. c1600 (c1350) Alisaunder (Greaves) (1929) 394 Þei of Tebes with teene turnede fro thanne, Ruefull and redeles, biraft of hur goodes. 1676 E. Coles Eng. Dict. Redeless, helpless. 1887 ‘M. Field’ Canute the Great ii. iii. 66 I have children So like their father, I have flung them off, For they recall the great misgovernance Of Ethelred the Redeless. 1889 W. Morris Tale House of Wolfings xxv, in Coll. Wks. (1912) 156 They were heavy-hearted and redeless, since the Gods had taken the victory out of their hands. 1935 J. Mackay Vigil & Other Poems 43 The redeless old nations in fear and at fault. 1961 G. Jones tr. Eirik the Red 205 Ethelred, so redeless, From westward course restrained me. 1990 W. I. Miller Bloodtaking & Peacemaking (1996) v. 165 The marriage Unn arranged..produced the villain of Njáls saga.., while Gunnars' redeless marriage to Hallgerd enabled its central feud. †B. n. With the. Redeless people as a class. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupid, foolish, or inadequate person > foolish person, fool > [noun] > collectively redelessa1300 foolish1526 coxcombry1600 Feast of Fools1601 fooliaminy1608 ship of fools1609 noodledom1810 fooldom1843 boobery1920 booboisie1921 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > perplexity, bewilderment > [noun] > confused person redelessa1300 crazy, mixed-up (kid, person, etc.)1955 a1300 in C. Brown Eng. Lyrics 13th Cent. (1932) 2 (MED) Rede þe redliese þat is wið-ute rede. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 502 (MED) Þenne wyte not me for þe werk, þat I hit wolde help, And rwe on þo redles þat remen for synne. c1425 Myrour to Lewde Men & Wymmen (Harl.) (1981) 145 (MED) The seuene gostly werkes of mercy..beþ þese: counsaile þe redeles, [etc.]. a1770 T. Chatterton Compl. Wks. (1971) I. 113 Thynkeynge howe to benym the Orphyans breadde; And from the redeless take theyre Goodes awaie. 1896 A. Austin England's Darling (1901) ii. iv. 52 Billows given for safety gape with doom And ruin for the redeless. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.OE
随便看	θ130806 θ130807 θ130808 θ130809 θ13081 θ130810 θ130811 θ130812 θ130813 θ130814 θ130815 θ130816 θ130817 θ130818 θ130819 θ13082 θ130820 θ130821 θ130822 θ130823 θ130824 θ130825 θ130826 θ130827 θ130828