sorrowlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈsɒrəʊləs/, U.S.

/ˈsɔroʊləs/,

/ˈsɑroʊləs/

Forms: Old English sorgleas, Old English sorhleas, Middle English sorowlees, Middle English sorowles, Middle English sorweles, 1500s sorowlesse, 1500s (1600s Scottish) sorrowles, 1500s–1600s sorrowlesse, 1600s– sorrowless.

Origin: A word inherited from Germanic.

Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch sorgeloos (Dutch zorgeloos ), Middle High German sorgelōs (German sorglos , sorgenlos ), Old Icelandic sorglauss , sorgalauss , Old Swedish sorghalös (Swedish sorglös ), Danish sorgløs < the Germanic base of sorrow n. + the Germanic base of -less suffix. Compare sorrow n., sorrow v., sorrowful adj.

Lacking or free from sorrow.In Old English also: †free from care or anxiety, secure (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adjective]

sorrowlessOE

carelessa1000

restful1340

clearc1374

unsada1450

undiseased?c1450

unoffendedc1450

undistroubled1466

frank1477

unvexed1485

quiet1535

secure1545

griefless1552

trouble-void1559

woeless1568

undistressed1582

tearless1603

cocksure1613

undejected1613

undisquieted1627

uncareful1635

serene1640

indisconsolatea1645

trouble-free1648

catastematic1656

thoughtless1659

incruciated1661

easy1692

undepressed1697

unsufferinga1732

ungloomed1737

solute1742

unanxious1742

undarkened1742

unsighinga1743

comfortable1770

unharassed1796

unworried1818

gloomless1820

ungroaning1821

unpestered1824

ungrieving1837

troubleless1838

unsaddened?c1840

untrespassed1854

unannoyed1865

unfretted1870

fretless1878

worriless1889

stress-free1898

unstressed1927

OE Crist I 346 Geþinga us nu..þæt he usic geferge in fæder rice, þær we sorglease siþþan motan wunigan in wuldre.

OE Beowulf (2008) 1672 Þu on Heorote most sorhleas swefan mid þinra secga gedryht.

OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxviii. 14 We lærað hyne & gedoð eow sorhlease.

c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 3695 Ȝit can þei feyne and salt teris fynde,..And sorweles mornen and compleyne.

1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 64 Takinge their pleasures in banketting..& playinge so sorowlesse.

1598 S. Rowlands Betraying of Christ sig. G^v From cratch to crosse, hee trod a painefull path, Betwixt our guilt, and Gods reuengefull wrath..What minute was he sorrowlesse, secure?

1658 J. Hewitt Repentance & Conversion 23 If their repentance be sorrowless, 'twill prove but a sorry one.

1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems ii. xxii. 78 His heart and his head are at rest, And he sleeps with a sorrowlesse brest.

1713 Indictment 29 Regicides ii. 55 Every Saint has what his heart can desire, it is a Sinless, Sorrowless, Temptationless, Oppressionless, Sickless, Timeless and Endless estate.

1786 T. Morell tr. Seneca Epist. II. lxxxv. 63 A man may be said to be sorrowless [L. sine tristitia], who is so circumstanc'd as in a great measure to be free from sorrow.

1817 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 436 What Hume and Voltaire..could not do.., Mr Owen cannot do, with all his dreams of a sinless and sorrowless state.

1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde xiii. 390 The mourner and the mourned are equally silent and sorrowless.

1915 Bookman Dec. 391/1 [Samuel] Richardson..emphasised the rewards of a moral life, either in substantial worldly advantages or in sorrowless immortality.

1982 B. R. Barber in B. R. Barber & M. J. G. McGrath Artist & Polit. Vision (1983) i. 20 He has succeeded in deceiving the audience into joyless laughter or sorrowless tears.

1999 Daily Mail (Nexis) 26 Feb. 11 He would have given his wife a dull, uneventful life and left her a sorrowless widow.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	sorrowless
释义	sorrowlessadj. Brit. /ˈsɒrəʊləs/, U.S. /ˈsɔroʊləs/, /ˈsɑroʊləs/ Forms: Old English sorgleas, Old English sorhleas, Middle English sorowlees, Middle English sorowles, Middle English sorweles, 1500s sorowlesse, 1500s (1600s Scottish) sorrowles, 1500s–1600s sorrowlesse, 1600s– sorrowless. Origin: A word inherited from Germanic. Etymology: Cognate with or formed similarly to Middle Dutch sorgeloos (Dutch zorgeloos ), Middle High German sorgelōs (German sorglos , sorgenlos ), Old Icelandic sorglauss , sorgalauss , Old Swedish sorghalös (Swedish sorglös ), Danish sorgløs < the Germanic base of sorrow n. + the Germanic base of -less suffix. Compare sorrow n., sorrow v., sorrowful adj. Lacking or free from sorrow.In Old English also: †free from care or anxiety, secure (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > freedom from trouble, care, or sorrow > [adjective] sorrowlessOE carelessa1000 restful1340 clearc1374 unsada1450 undiseased?c1450 unoffendedc1450 undistroubled1466 frank1477 unvexed1485 quiet1535 secure1545 griefless1552 trouble-void1559 woeless1568 undistressed1582 tearless1603 cocksure1613 undejected1613 undisquieted1627 uncareful1635 serene1640 indisconsolatea1645 trouble-free1648 catastematic1656 thoughtless1659 incruciated1661 easy1692 undepressed1697 unsufferinga1732 ungloomed1737 solute1742 unanxious1742 undarkened1742 unsighinga1743 comfortable1770 unharassed1796 unworried1818 gloomless1820 ungroaning1821 unpestered1824 ungrieving1837 troubleless1838 unsaddened?c1840 untrespassed1854 unannoyed1865 unfretted1870 fretless1878 worriless1889 stress-free1898 unstressed1927 OE Crist I 346 Geþinga us nu..þæt he usic geferge in fæder rice, þær we sorglease siþþan motan wunigan in wuldre. OE Beowulf (2008) 1672 Þu on Heorote most sorhleas swefan mid þinra secga gedryht. OE West Saxon Gospels: Matt. (Corpus Cambr.) xxviii. 14 We lærað hyne & gedoð eow sorhlease. c1425 J. Lydgate Troyyes Bk. (Augustus A.iv) iv. l. 3695 Ȝit can þei feyne and salt teris fynde,..And sorweles mornen and compleyne. 1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel (v.) f. 64 Takinge their pleasures in banketting..& playinge so sorowlesse. 1598 S. Rowlands Betraying of Christ sig. G^v From cratch to crosse, hee trod a painefull path, Betwixt our guilt, and Gods reuengefull wrath..What minute was he sorrowlesse, secure? 1658 J. Hewitt Repentance & Conversion 23 If their repentance be sorrowless, 'twill prove but a sorry one. 1661 A. Brome Songs & Other Poems ii. xxii. 78 His heart and his head are at rest, And he sleeps with a sorrowlesse brest. 1713 Indictment 29 Regicides ii. 55 Every Saint has what his heart can desire, it is a Sinless, Sorrowless, Temptationless, Oppressionless, Sickless, Timeless and Endless estate. 1786 T. Morell tr. Seneca Epist. II. lxxxv. 63 A man may be said to be sorrowless [L. sine tristitia], who is so circumstanc'd as in a great measure to be free from sorrow. 1817 Farmer's Mag. Nov. 436 What Hume and Voltaire..could not do.., Mr Owen cannot do, with all his dreams of a sinless and sorrowless state. 1881 J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde xiii. 390 The mourner and the mourned are equally silent and sorrowless. 1915 Bookman Dec. 391/1 [Samuel] Richardson..emphasised the rewards of a moral life, either in substantial worldly advantages or in sorrowless immortality. 1982 B. R. Barber in B. R. Barber & M. J. G. McGrath Artist & Polit. Vision (1983) i. 20 He has succeeded in deceiving the audience into joyless laughter or sorrowless tears. 1999 Daily Mail (Nexis) 26 Feb. 11 He would have given his wife a dull, uneventful life and left her a sorrowless widow. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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