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† ˈfutilous, a. Obs.
[irreg. f. L. fūti-, futtil-is futile + -ous.]
= futile.
1607S. Hieron Defence i. 171 These arguments..are futilous. 1631R. Byfield Doctr. Sabb. 11 A futilous distinction of of and to. 1643True Informer 30 The Authors..were worthlesse and meane futilous persons. 1647Ward Simp. Cobler 26 It is a most unworthy thing, for men, to spend their lives in making fidle-cases for futilous womens phansies. 1692Washington tr. Milton's Def. Pop. viii. (1851) 201 Which is enough to discover how futilous you are, to say, as you have done, that it was a Pope. 1703Bp. Patrick Comm. 2 Sam. vi. 20 Not with a futilous, lascivious, and petulant joy, but with a pious and moderate. |