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hurtless, a.|ˈhɜːtlɪs|
[f. hurt n.1 + -less.]
1. Free from hurt; unhurt.
a1400–50Alexander 102 Ert þou noȝt hurtles and hale? c1586C'tess Pembroke Ps. xci. vi, On lionet shalt hurtlesse soe, And on the dragon tread. 1681W. Robertson Phraseol. Gen. (1693) 750 Hurtless or not hurt, illaesus. 1876G. Macdonald T. Wingfield iv. 34, I shall be hurtless, nor here, nor there.
2. Causing no hurt or injury; harmless.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Rom. Argt., The boucherye of hurtles beastes. 1580Sidney Ps xxiv. ii, He that hath hurtles hands. 1605B. Jonson Volpone ii. ii, They had neuer..Beene murderers of so much paper, Or wasted many a hurtlesse taper. 1697Dryden æneid ix. 1101 Hurtless blows he makes. 1775Sheridan Rivals v. iii, Modest hurtless flowers. 1881G. Macdonald Mary Marston III. xiii. 236 The beads came pelting down in a cataract of hurtless hail.
Hence ˈhurtlessly adv., without hurt, harmlessly; ˈhurtlessness, harmlessness, innocence.
1580Hollyband Treas. Fr. Tong, Innocence, hurtlesnesse. 1580Sidney Arcadia i. (1622) 12 Your neighbours haue found you so hurtelesly strong. Ibid. iii. 235 Hoping that the goodnes of their intention, and the hurtlesnesse of their sexe shall excuse the breach of the commandement. 1611Markham Countr. Content. i. ix. (1668) 47 The Art of Angling..having ever been most hurtlesly necessary, hath been the sport or Recreation of Gods Saints. |