truthlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈtruːθləs/, U.S.

/ˈtruθləs/

Forms: see truth n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: truth n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < truth n. + -less suffix. Compare trothless adj.

†1. Lacking faith; unbelieving, distrustful. Obsolete. rare.In quot. a1200 apparently as n.: such people as a class.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective]

ortrowOE

truthlessa1200

untristc1374

mistrusty?a1425

overtrowinga1425

diffidenta1460

in suspicion1471

suspicionous1474

suspectious1521

mistrustful1529

surmising1535

distrusting1549

trustless?1550

mistrusting1552

misgiving1567

suspectfula1586

misdoubtful1596

distrustfula1600

shy1600

misdoubting1601

scrupulous1608

jealousa1616

umbratiousa1639

inconfident1667

suspecting1691

unconfiding1820

untrusting1861

defiant1872

leery1896

suspicionful1911

hincty1929

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 73 Ten þing..letten men of here scrifte:..shamfestnesse, drede, ortrowe, trewðeleas.

a. Originally Scottish. Of a person: making, or disposed to make, untrue statements; untruthful, mendacious. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective]

leasea900

liec975

false?c1225

unsoothfasta1300

untruefulc1380

trothlessa1393

fickle-tongue1393

truthlessa1522

lying1535

fabling1548

forging1593

mendacious1616

soothless1803

storytelling1839

unveracious1845

fabricatory1855

untruthful1858

falsidical1866

leasing1873

inveracious1885

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. vii. l. 8 Nothir wes a goddes thy moder,..Thou treuthles wyght.

1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iv. 41 My truethles toung my honoure defylit.

1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 198 He prooved a truthlesse prophet.

1655 tr. I. de la Peyrère Theolog. Systeme I. iii. vii. 171 Shall we..call him [sc. Herodotus] a cheater, and a truthlesse person, whom Cicero calls, The father of History?

1771 J. Shebbeare Authentic Narr. Oppress. Islanders Jersey I. viii. 224 The rays of truth began to break in upon the darkness of those truthless preachers of God's word.

1852 Papers for Schoolmaster 2 294 The schoolmaster oftentimes lies down to think over the conduct of some undutiful, idle, or truthless child.

1888 Good Words Oct. 682 The truthless look, the shuffling gait, The mind that darkly schemes.

1922 Motor Boating Aug. 17/3 To..listen to a truthless old codger weave yarns while a pale moon grew paler and sank lower with each preposterous tale.

2009 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 17 May Dentists as a whole are truthless people. They never tell you that a tooth capped is virtually a tooth lost.

b. Of a statement, text, etc.: having no basis in truth; untrue, false; containing nothing that is true.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective] > of statement, etc.: untrue

falsec1175

lyinga1225

truthless1568

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective]

unrightlyeOE

leasea900

falsec1175

untruec1370

untruefulc1380

erroneousc1400

fallacec1400

wrongc1420

unsubstantialc1455

wrongfulc1470

unrighteous1507

improper1531

perverse1531

mistaken1540

square1549

truthless1568

uncorrect1568

misconceiveda1612

errorous1633

swervinga1638

tralatitious1645

out of the way1676

wrongous1768

aberrated1834

aberrational1837

unsubstantiated1837

unevidenced1842

non-realistic1882

unsubstantiate1890

screwed-up1942

disauthentic1960

1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 33^v No truthlesse tales in thy dispraise..Shall turne my truth from thee awaies.

1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 9 These opinions are altogether truthlesse.

1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides (1679) 235 I hope..that what I have said..is not Truthless but of Weight.

1737 E. Smith App. Cure of Deism 55 In opposition to his truthless Assertion.

1759 Answer Let. Late Noble Commander Brit. Forces 47 It would be idle to take any further Notice of your virulent and truthless Declamation.

1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xx. 376 I am a good knight and noble, come hither..to uphold the doom pronounced against her to be false and truthless.

1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 715/1 Senseless and truthless clamour.

1968 Life 17 May 92/2 His indignant anger after reading it was largely a response to the many truthless distortions I had venomously nurtured.

2011 Times (Nexis) 20 Dec. 22 As much truthless propaganda emanates from Seoul and Washington..as is broadcast in Pyongyang.

†3. Originally Scottish. Unfaithful, disloyal, perfidious. Obsolete (archaic in later use).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > [adjective] > perfidious

trothlessc1175

proditorious?a1475

perfidiousa1538

truthless1567

fedifragous1600

false-hearta1616

fidious1640

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [adjective]

unholdc1000

untruec1040

trothlessc1175

false?c1225

untrowingc1330

unfaithful1530

untrusty1556

truthless1567

infidelious1581

inconfident1603

fausen1611

false-hearta1616

infidous1656

infide1663

1567 R. Sempill Test. & Trag. King Henrie (single sheet) Off Tygeris quholpis,..Ane treuthles troup hes drewin me to this end.

a1600 Floddan Field (1664) ii. 15 And turn such truthless guest to teen.

?a1625 Lawes of Candy v. i. in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iii2/2 Cast all your eyes On this, what shall I call her? truthlesse woman.

1714 J. Fortescue-Aland in J. Fortescue Difference between Absolute & Limited Monarchy xiii. 98 Treow-lease, signifies a perfidious Man, faithless, or truthless.

1866 Light Blue 1 391 Certain to be shamed in the eyes of the woman he loved! known for what he was—heartless, truthless.

Derivatives

ˈtruthlessness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun]

leasec888

falsec1000

falsedom1297

falsehood1297

bula1300

gabbinga1300

variancea1450

falset1482

mendacity?1540

unverityc1572

truthlessness1662

mendaciousness1829

untruthfulness1830

unveracity1839

inveracity1864

untruism1868

falseship-

1662 S. Fisher Επισκοπος Ἀποσκοπος i. 31 Not onely the truthlesness, but the mercilesness too of this mans mind.

1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 494/1 Representatives of the wit and the truthlessness of our age.

1900 J. Morley Cromwell ii. v. 184 The letters disclosed his truthlessness.

2009 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 14 May c1 Anyone simply calling ‘Angels & Demons’ a ‘good movie’ with a straight face is thereby giving eternal proof of unreliability and world-record truthlessness that would hold up in any court.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	truthless
释义	truthlessadj. Brit. /ˈtruːθləs/, U.S. /ˈtruθləs/ Forms: see truth n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: truth n., -less suffix. Etymology: < truth n. + -less suffix. Compare trothless adj. †1. Lacking faith; unbelieving, distrustful. Obsolete. rare.In quot. a1200 apparently as n.: such people as a class. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > lack of confidence, distrust, suspicion > [adjective] ortrowOE truthlessa1200 untristc1374 mistrusty?a1425 overtrowinga1425 diffidenta1460 in suspicion1471 suspicionous1474 suspectious1521 mistrustful1529 surmising1535 distrusting1549 trustless?1550 mistrusting1552 misgiving1567 suspectfula1586 misdoubtful1596 distrustfula1600 shy1600 misdoubting1601 scrupulous1608 jealousa1616 umbratiousa1639 inconfident1667 suspecting1691 unconfiding1820 untrusting1861 defiant1872 leery1896 suspicionful1911 hincty1929 a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 73 Ten þing..letten men of here scrifte:..shamfestnesse, drede, ortrowe, trewðeleas. 2. a. Originally Scottish. Of a person: making, or disposed to make, untrue statements; untruthful, mendacious. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective] leasea900 liec975 false?c1225 unsoothfasta1300 untruefulc1380 trothlessa1393 fickle-tongue1393 truthlessa1522 lying1535 fabling1548 forging1593 mendacious1616 soothless1803 storytelling1839 unveracious1845 fabricatory1855 untruthful1858 falsidical1866 leasing1873 inveracious1885 a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1957) iv. vii. l. 8 Nothir wes a goddes thy moder,..Thou treuthles wyght. 1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. iv. 41 My truethles toung my honoure defylit. 1605 W. Camden Remaines i. 198 He prooved a truthlesse prophet. 1655 tr. I. de la Peyrère Theolog. Systeme I. iii. vii. 171 Shall we..call him [sc. Herodotus] a cheater, and a truthlesse person, whom Cicero calls, The father of History? 1771 J. Shebbeare Authentic Narr. Oppress. Islanders Jersey I. viii. 224 The rays of truth began to break in upon the darkness of those truthless preachers of God's word. 1852 Papers for Schoolmaster 2 294 The schoolmaster oftentimes lies down to think over the conduct of some undutiful, idle, or truthless child. 1888 Good Words Oct. 682 The truthless look, the shuffling gait, The mind that darkly schemes. 1922 Motor Boating Aug. 17/3 To..listen to a truthless old codger weave yarns while a pale moon grew paler and sank lower with each preposterous tale. 2009 Sunday Times (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 17 May Dentists as a whole are truthless people. They never tell you that a tooth capped is virtually a tooth lost. b. Of a statement, text, etc.: having no basis in truth; untrue, false; containing nothing that is true. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [adjective] > of statement, etc.: untrue falsec1175 lyinga1225 truthless1568 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > lack of truth, falsity > [adjective] unrightlyeOE leasea900 falsec1175 untruec1370 untruefulc1380 erroneousc1400 fallacec1400 wrongc1420 unsubstantialc1455 wrongfulc1470 unrighteous1507 improper1531 perverse1531 mistaken1540 square1549 truthless1568 uncorrect1568 misconceiveda1612 errorous1633 swervinga1638 tralatitious1645 out of the way1676 wrongous1768 aberrated1834 aberrational1837 unsubstantiated1837 unevidenced1842 non-realistic1882 unsubstantiate1890 screwed-up1942 disauthentic1960 1568 T. Howell Arbor of Amitie f. 33^v No truthlesse tales in thy dispraise..Shall turne my truth from thee awaies. 1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 9 These opinions are altogether truthlesse. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides (1679) 235 I hope..that what I have said..is not Truthless but of Weight. 1737 E. Smith App. Cure of Deism 55 In opposition to his truthless Assertion. 1759 Answer Let. Late Noble Commander Brit. Forces 47 It would be idle to take any further Notice of your virulent and truthless Declamation. 1819 W. Scott Ivanhoe II. xx. 376 I am a good knight and noble, come hither..to uphold the doom pronounced against her to be false and truthless. 1850 Tait's Edinb. Mag. Dec. 715/1 Senseless and truthless clamour. 1968 Life 17 May 92/2 His indignant anger after reading it was largely a response to the many truthless distortions I had venomously nurtured. 2011 Times (Nexis) 20 Dec. 22 As much truthless propaganda emanates from Seoul and Washington..as is broadcast in Pyongyang. †3. Originally Scottish. Unfaithful, disloyal, perfidious. Obsolete (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > [adjective] > perfidious trothlessc1175 proditorious?a1475 perfidiousa1538 truthless1567 fedifragous1600 false-hearta1616 fidious1640 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > unfaithfulness > [adjective] unholdc1000 untruec1040 trothlessc1175 false?c1225 untrowingc1330 unfaithful1530 untrusty1556 truthless1567 infidelious1581 inconfident1603 fausen1611 false-hearta1616 infidous1656 infide1663 1567 R. Sempill Test. & Trag. King Henrie (single sheet) Off Tygeris quholpis,..Ane treuthles troup hes drewin me to this end. a1600 Floddan Field (1664) ii. 15 And turn such truthless guest to teen. ?a1625 Lawes of Candy v. i. in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Iii2/2 Cast all your eyes On this, what shall I call her? truthlesse woman. 1714 J. Fortescue-Aland in J. Fortescue Difference between Absolute & Limited Monarchy xiii. 98 Treow-lease, signifies a perfidious Man, faithless, or truthless. 1866 Light Blue 1 391 Certain to be shamed in the eyes of the woman he loved! known for what he was—heartless, truthless. Derivatives ˈtruthlessness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] leasec888 falsec1000 falsedom1297 falsehood1297 bula1300 gabbinga1300 variancea1450 falset1482 mendacity?1540 unverityc1572 truthlessness1662 mendaciousness1829 untruthfulness1830 unveracity1839 inveracity1864 untruism1868 falseship- 1662 S. Fisher Επισκοπος Ἀποσκοπος i. 31 Not onely the truthlesness, but the mercilesness too of this mans mind. 1854 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 21 494/1 Representatives of the wit and the truthlessness of our age. 1900 J. Morley Cromwell ii. v. 184 The letters disclosed his truthlessness. 2009 Buffalo (N.Y.) News (Nexis) 14 May c1 Anyone simply calling ‘Angels & Demons’ a ‘good movie’ with a straight face is thereby giving eternal proof of unreliability and world-record truthlessness that would hold up in any court. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.a1200
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