wishlessadj.
/ˈwɪʃlɪs/ rare.
Having no wishes; void of or free from desire.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > [adjective]
paidc1225
well-queemc1225
well-paidc1230
apaid1297
well-apaidc1300
setea1350
pleaseda1382
contentc1400
agreed1417
well-pleased1423
well begonea1425
well-contenta1438
well-contented1461
satisfied1477
contentful1542
unrepining1559
satisfied1566
sufficed1590
contented1597
undispleased1598
perfecta1616
complacential1658
in humour1673
beneplacit1678
comfortable1770
gratified1818
wishless1820
like a possum up a gum tree1840
chuffc1860
all right1882
gruntled1938
chuffed1957
1820 Coleridge in Blackwood's Mag. 7 629 What a heartless, hopeless, almost wishless barrenness of spirit!
a1893 C. Rossetti New Jerus. in Poet. Wks. (1904) 208/1 Where we shall be..Wishless in the sanctuary of Christ's embrace.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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