thowlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈθaʊlᵻs/,

/ˈθəʊlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈθaʊləs/,

/ˈθoʊləs/, Scottish English

/ˈθʌʊlᵻs/,

/ˈθolᵻs/

Forms: Middle English thowles, Middle English thowlace, thowlas, thowlys, thoulass, 1700s– thowless.

Etymology: apparently a collateral Scots form of thewless adj., with which it agrees in sense; but the phonology is unexplained.

Scottish.

†1. Without morality or virtue; wanton, dissolute, profligate; also, thoughtless. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective]

illa1200

thewlessa1327

unrightyc1350

wronga1382

noughtc1400

unhonestc1422

ill-disposedc1460

naughtyc1460

thowless1487

misaffectionate1533

naught1550

ill-conditioned1614

uncharactered1841

1487 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (St. John's Cambr.) 260 in J. Barbour Bruce (1877) 534 And chasty thame quhen thai do mys, Or rekles thoulass wantoun is.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 5933 Weil waxyn vp..And thowles þan, for his ȝoutheide To þat natur walde hym leide.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 3292 He was thowlace [National Libr. Scotl. wantone], and had in won,..oftsyis to ly Oþir syndry women by.

a1500 Ratis Raving i. 1264 This eild is thowles & wnswere, And ȝarnis play, and al blytht chere.

a1500 Thewis Gud Women (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 145 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 90 Women that has a thowlas hart.

2. Devoid of energy or spirit; inert, inactive; spiritless, listless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking vigour or energy

nesheOE

lustlessc1325

dowfa1522

unlikely1578

thowless1721

sapless1864

anergic1874

entropic1893

thewless1895

slowed-down1905

slowed-up1912

greyed-out1946

1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 128 A poor and haughty drone, Wha thowless stands a lazy looker-on.

1728 A. Ramsay Widow in Tea-table Misc. vi Fortune..ruins the woer that's thowless and cauld.

1801 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. II. 44 Thowless, he tint his gate deep 'mang the snaw.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 323 You, ye thowless jadd, to sit still and see my substance disponed upon to an idle, drucken, reprobate, worm-eaten serving-man.

a1875 J. Murray in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets (1881) 3rd Ser. 150 The kye stand thowless on the croft.

Derivatives

ˈthowlessness n. †evil or immoral conduct, bad behaviour; wantonness, vice (obsolete); also, want of energy, ineffectiveness.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun]

fiend-thewsc1275

misgovernancec1375

misusing1395

misrule?1406

misgovernmentc1450

misguiding1480

thowlessness1489

miscraft1496

demerit1509

misuse1509

misdemeanoura1513

prevarication1561

misguide1596

malconduct1684

misconduct1717

malversation1752

misdealing1851

the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > lack of vigour or energy

neshnesseOE

thowlessness1489

fecklessness1637

nervelessness1857

entropy1867

1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 333 And till swylk thowlesnes he ȝeid, As the cours askis off ȝowtheid.

a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vi. l. 264 Þat þai sulde noucht for idilnes Fal in til ewil thowlesnes.

1884 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny xi. 206 She did not quite like some of Bell's remarks about ‘wasterfu'ness’ and ‘thowlessness’, possibly because they were only too true.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	thowless
释义	thowlessadj. Brit. /ˈθaʊlᵻs/, /ˈθəʊlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈθaʊləs/, /ˈθoʊləs/, Scottish English /ˈθʌʊlᵻs/, /ˈθolᵻs/ Forms: Middle English thowles, Middle English thowlace, thowlas, thowlys, thoulass, 1700s– thowless. Etymology: apparently a collateral Scots form of thewless adj., with which it agrees in sense; but the phonology is unexplained. Scottish. †1. Without morality or virtue; wanton, dissolute, profligate; also, thoughtless. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > [adjective] illa1200 thewlessa1327 unrightyc1350 wronga1382 noughtc1400 unhonestc1422 ill-disposedc1460 naughtyc1460 thowless1487 misaffectionate1533 naught1550 ill-conditioned1614 uncharactered1841 1487 How Good Wife taught her Daughter (St. John's Cambr.) 260 in J. Barbour Bruce (1877) 534 And chasty thame quhen thai do mys, Or rekles thoulass wantoun is. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 5933 Weil waxyn vp..And thowles þan, for his ȝoutheide To þat natur walde hym leide. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) viii. l. 3292 He was thowlace [National Libr. Scotl. wantone], and had in won,..oftsyis to ly Oþir syndry women by. a1500 Ratis Raving i. 1264 This eild is thowles & wnswere, And ȝarnis play, and al blytht chere. a1500 Thewis Gud Women (Cambr. Kk.1.5) l. 145 in R. Girvan Ratis Raving & Other Early Scots Poems (1939) 90 Women that has a thowlas hart. 2. Devoid of energy or spirit; inert, inactive; spiritless, listless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking vigour or energy nesheOE lustlessc1325 dowfa1522 unlikely1578 thowless1721 sapless1864 anergic1874 entropic1893 thewless1895 slowed-down1905 slowed-up1912 greyed-out1946 1721 A. Ramsay Prospect of Plenty 128 A poor and haughty drone, Wha thowless stands a lazy looker-on. 1728 A. Ramsay Widow in Tea-table Misc. vi Fortune..ruins the woer that's thowless and cauld. 1801 H. Macneill Poet. Wks. II. 44 Thowless, he tint his gate deep 'mang the snaw. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor xii, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 323 You, ye thowless jadd, to sit still and see my substance disponed upon to an idle, drucken, reprobate, worm-eaten serving-man. a1875 J. Murray in D. H. Edwards Mod. Sc. Poets (1881) 3rd Ser. 150 The kye stand thowless on the croft. Derivatives ˈthowlessness n. †evil or immoral conduct, bad behaviour; wantonness, vice (obsolete); also, want of energy, ineffectiveness. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] fiend-thewsc1275 misgovernancec1375 misusing1395 misrule?1406 misgovernmentc1450 misguiding1480 thowlessness1489 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 prevarication1561 misguide1596 malconduct1684 misconduct1717 malversation1752 misdealing1851 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > lack of vigour or energy neshnesseOE thowlessness1489 fecklessness1637 nervelessness1857 entropy1867 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 333 And till swylk thowlesnes he ȝeid, As the cours askis off ȝowtheid. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vi. l. 264 Þat þai sulde noucht for idilnes Fal in til ewil thowlesnes. 1884 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny xi. 206 She did not quite like some of Bell's remarks about ‘wasterfu'ness’ and ‘thowlessness’, possibly because they were only too true. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1487
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