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honourless, a.|ˈɒnəlɪs|
[f. honour n. + -less.]
Destitute of honour; unhonoured, or unworthy of honour.
1560T. Phaer æneid x. (1562) Ff iij b, Unfamous free from wars, and honourlesse lead out his age. 1618Bolton Florus ii. viii. (1636) 117 To draw the Romans into an honourlesse league with him against the Macedonians. 1870Morris Earthly Par. III. iv. 284 And honourless did all things seem and vain. 1873Argosy XV. 192 The would-be honourable, but, in this case, truly honourless, gentleman.
b. nonce-use. That has not ‘taken honours’ at the University: see honour n. 5 e.
1872J. C. Jeaffreson Wom. in Spite of Herself I. i. vii. 117 An ordinary honourless Oxford or Cambridge M.A. |