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friendless, a.|ˈfrɛndlɪs|
[f. friend n. + -less.]
1. Destitute of friends. † friendless man: in OE. law a frequent designation for an outlaw.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. John xiv. 18 Ne forlet ic iuih freondleasa ic cymmo to iuih. a1035Laws of Cnut ii. §35 (Schmid) Gif freondleas man ᵹeswenced weorþe. c1290S. Eng. Leg. I. 331/292 So freondlese ase huy were. c1330Amis & Amil. 1559 A frendleser man than he was. c1400Beryn 1721 For now ful frendlese, yee mowe wel sey that ye been. 1552Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 31 Ane freindles man or woman. 1613Shakes. Hen. VIII, iii. i. 81 Alas, I am a Woman frendlesse, hopelesse. 1664South Serm. (1737) II. ii. 68 Woe to him that is alone, is verified upon none so much as upon the friendless person. 1847Longfellow Ev. ii. i, Friendless, homeless, hopeless, they wandered from city to city.
absol.a1035Laws of Cnut ii. §35 (Schmid) Be freondleasan. 1526Tindale Jas. i. 27 To vysit the frendlesse and widdowes in their adwersite. a1777Fawkes Nathan's Parable 29 To recompense the friendless and the poor.
2. Used by Shelley = unfriendly.
1818Shelley Rev. Islam iii. xiii, One bare A lighted torch, and four with friendless care Guided my steps the cavern-paths along.
Hence ˈfriendlessness.
1812Byron Ch. Har. ii. vii, The seeming friendlessness of him who strove To win no confidence. 1854J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) I. iv. 72 She experienced the most afflictive reverses of friendlessness..and penury. |