sleevelessadj.

/ˈsliːvlɪs/

Etymology: < sleeve n. + -less suffix.

1. Of a coat, jacket, or other garment: Having no sleeves; made without sleeves.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > sleeves > not

sleevelessc950

c950 Rule St. Benet (Schröer) lv. 89 Hæbban hy eac..scapulare, þæt is gehwæde cugelan and slyflease.

c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 151 Colobium, slefleas scrud.

c1430 T. Hoccleve New Canterbury Tale 56 Our lady clothid in a garnement Sleuelees, byfore him he sy appeere.

1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 13 To weare..in their dublettes and sleuelesse cotes, cloth of golde of tissue.

1562 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 166 One sleveles coote of frees.

a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) iv. 338 Sleevelesse his jerkin was, and it had beene Velvet.

1687 T. Shadwell tr. Juvenal Tenth Satyr 42 The Colour of the Mantle or Sleeveless Gown for the better sort was White.

1799 W. Cowper Salad 23 Then baring both his arms—a sleeveless coat He girds.

1857 S. Osborn Quedah xxiv. 344 A red sleeveless waistcoat..hung slack round his person.

1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 65 One of those sleeveless, legless, circus-rider's tunics.

†a. Of words, tales, answers, etc.: Futile, feeble; giving no information or satisfaction; irrelevant, trifling. Obsolete.Very common c1570–1600, esp. in sleeveless answer.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective]

emptya1225

sleevelessc1450

dumb1531

insensible1538

senseless1579

weetless1579

unsignificant1603

surd1605

matterless1612

unmeaning1632

non-significative1633

brute1642

shelly1648

insignificant1651

insignificative1660

unsignificative1664

unsignifying1665

unsensed1667

meaningless1728

bilka1734

meanless1734

inexpressive1744

unideal1751

unexpressive1755

idealess1793

unsuggestive1797

tenorless1821

themeless1840

nonsensible1851

inarticulate1855

purportless1865

expressionless1871

vacuous1872

contentless1886

unmeaningful1897

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial

thin?c1225

lighta1413

superficiala1425

sleevelessc1450

frivolous1549

frothy1593

windy1593

shallow1594

airy1600

ghostlessa1603

sleazy1648

tenuious1656

wishy-washy1693

gauzy1774

lathery1803

wish-washy1814

tenuousa1817

toy1821

flimsy1827

airy-fairy1857

facile1857

feeblish1882

popcorn1973

c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 181 For summe in schryfte schal tarye þe preest wyth sleueles talys þat no-thyng longyth to schryfte.

1524 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) V. 342 His Majesties awnswer unto such a sleveless messeage was [etc.].

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxliii^v A wyse man..loketh and measureth his goodnesse, not by sleuelesse wordes of y^e people, but by sothfastnesse of conscience.

1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 61 For youe knowe..how long youe laye there, and coulde have no answere butt a sleveles answere.

1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 706 Fie vppon this horrible idolatrie which is defended with such a sleueles excuse.

1600 Looke about You D ij b You sent Iacke Daw your sonne..To tell a sleueles tale!

1650 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης (ed. 2) vi. 54 With no more but No, a sleevless reason,..to be sent home frustrat, and remediless.

1685 H. More Some Cursory Reflexions upon Baxter Pref. sig. A 3^v He moving a many sleeveless Questions, unseasonably, to ensnare him, and entangle him.

1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sleeveless story, a Tale of a Tub, or of a Cock and a Bull.

b. Of errands: Ending in, or leading to, nothing; having no adequate result or cause. Very common c1580–1700; sometimes used of pretended errands on which a person is sent merely to be out of the way for a time.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding > specifically of errands

sleeveless1546

1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. vii. sig. Biv^v And one mornyng tymely he tooke in hande, To make to my house, a sleeuelesse errande.

1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1316/2 So as all men mighte thinke..that his Prince made small accompte of hym, to send him on such a sleeuelesse errand.

1603 tr. Batchelars Banquet vi. sig. E4^v She..had of purpose sent them forth on sleeuelesse arrands.

1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 232 God never sent an Angel from Heaven upon a sleeveless errand.

1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 181 He was employ'd by Pope Alexander the third, upon a sleeveless Errand to convert the Sultan of Iconium.

1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life (ed. 3) II. 165 He might have conveyed it to me in a letter; and not have brought me to town upon such a sleeveless errand.

1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 306 His whole life is but a slieveless [sic], useless, errand!

1931 L. Storm Dragon xvii. 293 I'd never have the courage like you..to venture forth on what might be a sleeveless errand.

1948 Chambers's Jrnl. 320/2 And, as soon as they were settled in, he had McGilchrist ride openly away, putting it about he was satisfied all the talk of whisky-'stilling was a pack of lies by ill-doing ones willing to give the King's officer a sleeveless errand.

1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren iv. 58 In some [sc. schoolchildren's tricks] he [sc. the dupe] is sent on sleeveless errands.

c. In general use: Paltry, petty, frivolous; vain or unprofitable. Obsolete exc. archaic or dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible

unworthlyc1230

wretcha1250

seely1297

vilec1320

not worth a cress (kerse)1377

the value of a rushc1380

threadbarec1412

wretched1450

miserable?a1513

rascal1519

prettya1522

not worth a whistlea1529

pegrall1535

plack1539

pelting1540

scald1542

sleeveless1551

baggage1553

paltering1553

piddling1559

twopenny1560

paltry1565

rubbish1565

baggagely1573

pelfish1577

halfpenny1579

palting1579

baubling1581

three-halfpenny1581

pitiful1582

triobolar1585

squirting1589

not worth a lousea1592

hedge1596

cheap1597

peddling1597

dribbling1600

mean1600

rascally1600

three-farthingc1600

draughty1602

dilute1605

copper1609

peltry?a1610

threepenny1613

pelsy1631

pimping1640

triobolary1644

pigwidgeon1647

dustya1649

fiddling1652

puddlinga1653

insignificant1658

piteous1667

snotty1681

scrubbed1688

dishonourable1699

scrub1711

footy1720

fouty1722

rubbishing1731

chuck-farthing1748

rubbishy1753

shabby1753

scrubby1754

poxya1758

rubbishly1777

waff-like1808

trinkety1817

meanish1831

one-eyed1843

twiddling1844

measly1847

poking1850

picayunish1852

vild1853

picayune1856

snide1859

two-cent1859

rummagy1872

faddling1883

finicking1886

slushy1889

twopence halfpenny1890

jerk1893

pissy1922

crappy1928

two-bit1932

piddly1933

chickenshit1934

pissing1937

penny packet1943

farkakte1960

pony1964

gay1978

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > purposeless

sleeveless1551

futilous1607

futile1749

time-killing1754

futilitous1765

futilitarian1873

1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. cvi Whan stryfes..were rysen betwen monkes and their bishoppes for sleuelesse matters.

1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 18 If we examine his Characters, Marks, and Scutchion of a Tyrant, which he would fasten on his Highness sleeve, we shall find them sleeveless, and altogether impertinent.

1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 208 I was..Arrested..upon such sleeveless and idle occasions so undeserved and unlookt for.

1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. viii. xi. 347 You may perceive, I have not entangled you in a sleeveless concern.

1821 W. Scott Let. 20 Feb. (1934) VI. 361 He..had no honourable mode of avoiding the sleeveless quarrel fixd on him.

1867 E. Waugh Tattlin Matty ii He thinks o' nought i' th' world but race-runnin' an' wrostlin',..an' sich like sleeveless wark as that.

†d. Of a suit: Made in vain; futile. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding > specifically of a suit

sleeveless1600

1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. G4 My suite was sleeueles, thy regard so colde, As if that I anothers tale had tolde.

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3. dialect. Of persons: Devoid of ability or character; shiftless, idle, incompetent.

Derivatives

ˈsleevelessness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun]

sleuthc888

sweernessc888

slacknessc897

unlustOE

aswolkenessc1000

slothc1175

sweeringa1300

sloth-head1303

unlusthead1340

nicetya1387

sluggardy1390

sluggardness1398

nicehead1440

musardryc1450

slugnessc1450

lashness1477

sweerdomc1480

truantness1483

passibilityc1485

sleuthfulness1488

sluggardry1513

slothfulness1526

sluggardise1532

luskishness1538

desidiousnessa1540

ocivity1550

restiness?c1550

niceness1557

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easinessa1586

poltroonery1590

facility1615

pigritude1623

pigrity1623

otiosity1632

easefulnessa1639

dronishness1674

reasiness1679

indolence1710

accidity1730

indolency1741

lurgy1769

donothingness1814

far niente1819

oisivity1830

donothingism1839

dronage1846

lotus-eating1852

faineance1853

faineancy1854

bummerism1858

lazyhood1866

bone-laziness1875

sleevelessness1882

bummery1887

sluggardliness1977

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > lack of resourcefulness

fecklessness1637

shiftlessness1682

helplessness1731

weirdlessness1825

self-helplessness1853

unshiftiness1870

sleevelessness1882

1882 Sat. Rev. 25 Nov. 687/1 The good-natured sleevelessness of Irish landlords.

1890 Sat. Rev. 5 July 3/2 His easy-going sleevelessness might have led to the ruin of the whole expedition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	sleeveless
释义	sleevelessadj. /ˈsliːvlɪs/ Etymology: < sleeve n. + -less suffix. 1. Of a coat, jacket, or other garment: Having no sleeves; made without sleeves. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > [adjective] > having specific parts > sleeves > not sleevelessc950 c950 Rule St. Benet (Schröer) lv. 89 Hæbban hy eac..scapulare, þæt is gehwæde cugelan and slyflease. c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 151 Colobium, slefleas scrud. c1430 T. Hoccleve New Canterbury Tale 56 Our lady clothid in a garnement Sleuelees, byfore him he sy appeere. 1532–3 Act 24 Hen. VIII c. 13 To weare..in their dublettes and sleuelesse cotes, cloth of golde of tissue. 1562 in J. Raine Wills & Inventories Archdeaconry Richmond (1853) 166 One sleveles coote of frees. a1631 J. Donne Poems (1633) iv. 338 Sleevelesse his jerkin was, and it had beene Velvet. 1687 T. Shadwell tr. Juvenal Tenth Satyr 42 The Colour of the Mantle or Sleeveless Gown for the better sort was White. 1799 W. Cowper Salad 23 Then baring both his arms—a sleeveless coat He girds. 1857 S. Osborn Quedah xxiv. 344 A red sleeveless waistcoat..hung slack round his person. 1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths I. 65 One of those sleeveless, legless, circus-rider's tunics. 2. †a. Of words, tales, answers, etc.: Futile, feeble; giving no information or satisfaction; irrelevant, trifling. Obsolete.Very common c1570–1600, esp. in sleeveless answer. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective] emptya1225 sleevelessc1450 dumb1531 insensible1538 senseless1579 weetless1579 unsignificant1603 surd1605 matterless1612 unmeaning1632 non-significative1633 brute1642 shelly1648 insignificant1651 insignificative1660 unsignificative1664 unsignifying1665 unsensed1667 meaningless1728 bilka1734 meanless1734 inexpressive1744 unideal1751 unexpressive1755 idealess1793 unsuggestive1797 tenorless1821 themeless1840 nonsensible1851 inarticulate1855 purportless1865 expressionless1871 vacuous1872 contentless1886 unmeaningful1897 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial thin?c1225 lighta1413 superficiala1425 sleevelessc1450 frivolous1549 frothy1593 windy1593 shallow1594 airy1600 ghostlessa1603 sleazy1648 tenuious1656 wishy-washy1693 gauzy1774 lathery1803 wish-washy1814 tenuousa1817 toy1821 flimsy1827 airy-fairy1857 facile1857 feeblish1882 popcorn1973 c1450 Jacob's Well (1900) 181 For summe in schryfte schal tarye þe preest wyth sleueles talys þat no-thyng longyth to schryfte. 1524 in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1822) V. 342 His Majesties awnswer unto such a sleveless messeage was [etc.]. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxliii^v A wyse man..loketh and measureth his goodnesse, not by sleuelesse wordes of y^e people, but by sothfastnesse of conscience. 1546 in State Papers Henry VIII (1852) XI. 61 For youe knowe..how long youe laye there, and coulde have no answere butt a sleveles answere. 1579 W. Fulke Confut. Treat. N. Sander in D. Heskins Ouerthrowne 706 Fie vppon this horrible idolatrie which is defended with such a sleueles excuse. 1600 Looke about You D ij b You sent Iacke Daw your sonne..To tell a sleueles tale! 1650 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης (ed. 2) vi. 54 With no more but No, a sleevless reason,..to be sent home frustrat, and remediless. 1685 H. More Some Cursory Reflexions upon Baxter Pref. sig. A 3^v He moving a many sleeveless Questions, unseasonably, to ensnare him, and entangle him. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Sleeveless story, a Tale of a Tub, or of a Cock and a Bull. b. Of errands: Ending in, or leading to, nothing; having no adequate result or cause. Very common c1580–1700; sometimes used of pretended errands on which a person is sent merely to be out of the way for a time. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding > specifically of errands sleeveless1546 1546 J. Heywood Dialogue Prouerbes Eng. Tongue i. vii. sig. Biv^v And one mornyng tymely he tooke in hande, To make to my house, a sleeuelesse errande. 1577 R. Holinshed Chron. II. 1316/2 So as all men mighte thinke..that his Prince made small accompte of hym, to send him on such a sleeuelesse errand. 1603 tr. Batchelars Banquet vi. sig. E4^v She..had of purpose sent them forth on sleeuelesse arrands. 1663 J. Spencer Disc. Prodigies (1665) 232 God never sent an Angel from Heaven upon a sleeveless errand. 1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 181 He was employ'd by Pope Alexander the third, upon a sleeveless Errand to convert the Sultan of Iconium. 1785 G. A. Bellamy Apol. Life (ed. 3) II. 165 He might have conveyed it to me in a letter; and not have brought me to town upon such a sleeveless errand. 1860 J. W. Warter Sea-board & Down II. 306 His whole life is but a slieveless [sic], useless, errand! 1931 L. Storm Dragon xvii. 293 I'd never have the courage like you..to venture forth on what might be a sleeveless errand. 1948 Chambers's Jrnl. 320/2 And, as soon as they were settled in, he had McGilchrist ride openly away, putting it about he was satisfied all the talk of whisky-'stilling was a pack of lies by ill-doing ones willing to give the King's officer a sleeveless errand. 1959 I. Opie & P. Opie Lore & Lang. Schoolchildren iv. 58 In some [sc. schoolchildren's tricks] he [sc. the dupe] is sent on sleeveless errands. c. In general use: Paltry, petty, frivolous; vain or unprofitable. Obsolete exc. archaic or dialect. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > paltry, mean, or contemptible unworthlyc1230 wretcha1250 seely1297 vilec1320 not worth a cress (kerse)1377 the value of a rushc1380 threadbarec1412 wretched1450 miserable?a1513 rascal1519 prettya1522 not worth a whistlea1529 pegrall1535 plack1539 pelting1540 scald1542 sleeveless1551 baggage1553 paltering1553 piddling1559 twopenny1560 paltry1565 rubbish1565 baggagely1573 pelfish1577 halfpenny1579 palting1579 baubling1581 three-halfpenny1581 pitiful1582 triobolar1585 squirting1589 not worth a lousea1592 hedge1596 cheap1597 peddling1597 dribbling1600 mean1600 rascally1600 three-farthingc1600 draughty1602 dilute1605 copper1609 peltry?a1610 threepenny1613 pelsy1631 pimping1640 triobolary1644 pigwidgeon1647 dustya1649 fiddling1652 puddlinga1653 insignificant1658 piteous1667 snotty1681 scrubbed1688 dishonourable1699 scrub1711 footy1720 fouty1722 rubbishing1731 chuck-farthing1748 rubbishy1753 shabby1753 scrubby1754 poxya1758 rubbishly1777 waff-like1808 trinkety1817 meanish1831 one-eyed1843 twiddling1844 measly1847 poking1850 picayunish1852 vild1853 picayune1856 snide1859 two-cent1859 rummagy1872 faddling1883 finicking1886 slushy1889 twopence halfpenny1890 jerk1893 pissy1922 crappy1928 two-bit1932 piddly1933 chickenshit1934 pissing1937 penny packet1943 farkakte1960 pony1964 gay1978 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > insubstantial > purposeless sleeveless1551 futilous1607 futile1749 time-killing1754 futilitous1765 futilitarian1873 1551 J. Bale Actes Eng. Votaryes: 2nd Pt. f. cvi Whan stryfes..were rysen betwen monkes and their bishoppes for sleuelesse matters. 1657 M. Hawke Killing is Murder & No Murder 18 If we examine his Characters, Marks, and Scutchion of a Tyrant, which he would fasten on his Highness sleeve, we shall find them sleeveless, and altogether impertinent. 1673 F. Kirkman Unlucky Citizen 208 I was..Arrested..upon such sleeveless and idle occasions so undeserved and unlookt for. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. viii. xi. 347 You may perceive, I have not entangled you in a sleeveless concern. 1821 W. Scott Let. 20 Feb. (1934) VI. 361 He..had no honourable mode of avoiding the sleeveless quarrel fixd on him. 1867 E. Waugh Tattlin Matty ii He thinks o' nought i' th' world but race-runnin' an' wrostlin',..an' sich like sleeveless wark as that. †d. Of a suit: Made in vain; futile. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > uselessness, vanity, or futility > [adjective] > profitless or unrewarding > specifically of a suit sleeveless1600 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. G4 My suite was sleeueles, thy regard so colde, As if that I anothers tale had tolde. Categories » 3. dialect. Of persons: Devoid of ability or character; shiftless, idle, incompetent. Derivatives ˈsleevelessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > sloth or laziness > [noun] sleuthc888 sweernessc888 slacknessc897 unlustOE aswolkenessc1000 slothc1175 sweeringa1300 sloth-head1303 unlusthead1340 nicetya1387 sluggardy1390 sluggardness1398 nicehead1440 musardryc1450 slugnessc1450 lashness1477 sweerdomc1480 truantness1483 passibilityc1485 sleuthfulness1488 sluggardry1513 slothfulness1526 sluggardise1532 luskishness1538 desidiousnessa1540 ocivity1550 restiness?c1550 niceness1557 laziness1580 easinessa1586 poltroonery1590 facility1615 pigritude1623 pigrity1623 otiosity1632 easefulnessa1639 dronishness1674 reasiness1679 indolence1710 accidity1730 indolency1741 lurgy1769 donothingness1814 far niente1819 oisivity1830 donothingism1839 dronage1846 lotus-eating1852 faineance1853 faineancy1854 bummerism1858 lazyhood1866 bone-laziness1875 sleevelessness1882 bummery1887 sluggardliness1977 the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > lack of resourcefulness fecklessness1637 shiftlessness1682 helplessness1731 weirdlessness1825 self-helplessness1853 unshiftiness1870 sleevelessness1882 1882 Sat. Rev. 25 Nov. 687/1 The good-natured sleevelessness of Irish landlords. 1890 Sat. Rev. 5 July 3/2 His easy-going sleevelessness might have led to the ruin of the whole expedition. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < adj.c950
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