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单词 weirdless
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weirdlessadj.

Brit. /ˈwɪədləs/, U.S. /ˈwɪ(ə)rdləs/, Scottish English /ˈwirdləs/
Etymology: < weird n. + -less suffix.
Scottish.
Destined to ill fortune, ill-fated, unlucky; hence unbusinesslike, incapable, worthless.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > doomed to misfortune
fatal1509
ill-starreda1616
foredoomed1700
ill-fated1713
weirdless1821
ill-bestarreda1834
snake-bit1942
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] > lacking resourcefulness
unshifty1570
shiftless1584
boss1599
helpless1620
unshiftable1622
self-helpless1634
foisonless1721
feckless1773
resourceless1787
weirdless1821
hopeless1854
fibreless1864
1821 Joseph the Book-man 99 Ye weirdless, naughty, spendthrift man.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Weird Weirdless,..2. Destitute of any capacity to manage worldly affairs.
a1827 Mary Hamilton in G. R. Kinloch Anc. Sc. Ballads (1827) 254 And wae be to that weirdless wicht.
1864 W. D. Latto Tammas Bodkin x. 93 What could she think..but that I behooved to be some wild, weirdless, ne'er-do-weel?

Derivatives

ˈweirdlessness n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [noun] > lack of resourcefulness
fecklessness1637
shiftlessness1682
helplessness1731
weirdlessness1825
self-helplessness1853
unshiftiness1870
sleevelessness1882
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. at Weird Weirdlessness, wasteful mismanagement.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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