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单词 woundless
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woundlessadj.

Brit. /ˈwuːndləs/, U.S. /ˈwun(d)ləs/
Etymology: < wound n. + -less suffix.
1. Free from a wound or wounds; unwounded.
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the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > free from injury
unwoundedOE
wholeOE
unwemmedc1175
hailc1275
wemlessc1330
sound as a trouta1450
unmaimeda1470
unmaggled1508
unmenyied?a1513
in (also with) a whole skin1534
woundless1579
unmartyred1580
wound-free1609
invulnered1613
fist-free1615
invulneratea1680
unmangled1885
1579 E. Spenser Shepheardes Cal. Oct. 41 Doubted Knights, whose woundlesse armour rusts.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. vii. 243 He that steales home wound-lesse from the Warres, Is held a Coward.
1635 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Donzella Desterrada 216 Undertaking to deliver them you in a short time woundlesse and friends.
c1650 Don Bellianis 42 So many sluggard knights lying in field, for all I see your person woundlesse.
1755 in S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang.
1817 T. Moore Lalla Rookh iv. 565 And some who, grasp'd by those that die, Sink woundless with them.
1855 M. Arnold Balder Dead ii. 18 All at night return to Odin's hall Woundless and fresh.
1891 G. Meredith One of our Conquerors I. xii. 226 His pride in appearing woundless and scarless.
2. That cannot be wounded; invulnerable. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or invulnerable
impassiblea1492
impatible?1541
proof1583
invulnerable1596
woundless1604
charmeda1616
unvulnerablea1616
inexposable1618
inobnoxious1659
impregnate1721
wreckless1822
uninjurable1846
immune1861
trouble-proof1878
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iv. i. 39 + 5 Whose whisper..may misse our Name, And hit the woundlesse ayre.
a1618 J. Sylvester tr. G. Fracastoro Maidens Blush (1620) sig. B4v Th' Angell..through the woundless Welkin swifter glides Then Zephyrus.
3. Inflicting no wound, unwounding, harmless.
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the world > action or operation > safety > [adjective] > safe or not dangerous > safe or harmless
unshathyOE
unbalefulOE
unscathefulc1175
unscathelya1400
unscathing1437
unnoyingc1440
unshendingc1450
unnoyous1483
harmless1533
unharmful1538
unhurtful1549
dintless1558
white1567
offenceless1581
inoffensive1598
unhurting1613
illaesive1628
innocuous1631
unmalignant1633
innoxious1638
inobnoxious1659
unvenomous1659
innocent1662
unafflictinga1711
unmolesting1767
fangless1790
unharming1796
woundless1796
uninjurious1809
uninjuring1820
unmischievous1821
scarless1823
boltless1832
inoffending1853
defanged1920
non-injury1926
anodyne1933
declawed1945
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc viii. 346 And not a dart fell woundless there.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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