单词 | gratuitous |
释义 | gratuitous —gratuitously, adv. —gratuitousness, n. /greuh tooh"i teuhs, -tyooh"-/, adj. 1. given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary. 2. being without apparent reason, cause, or justification: a gratuitous insult. 3. Law. given without receiving any return value. [1650-60; < L gratuitus free, freely given, spontaneous, deriv. of gratus thankful, received with thanks (for formation cf. FORTUITOUS); see -OUS] Syn. 2. unnecessary, superfluous, redundant; causeless, unreasonable, groundless, unprovoked, unjustified. |
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