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dutiless, a.|ˈdjuːtɪlɪs|
[f. duty + -less.]
1. Wanting in the performance of duty; undutiful. Obs. or arch.
1592Nobody & Someb. in Simpson Sch. Shaks. (1878) I. 298 To be so dutilesse unto the Queene. a1603T. Cartwright Confut. Rhem. N.T. (1618) 155 Wee are not so dutilesse to endevour any such thing. 1889Swinburne Stud. in Prose & P. (1894) 202 The heartless and dutiless young king.
2. On which duty has not been paid. (nonce-use.)
1894Crockett Raiders 37 The lads who bring over the dutiless gear from Holland and the Isle of Man. |