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pithless, a.|ˈpɪθlɪs|
[f. pith n. + -less.]
Devoid of pith; having no pith. (lit. and fig.)
1555W. Watreman Fardle Facions ii. viii. 181 No yncke⁓horne termes, nor pithlesse pratling. 1656Trapp Comm. 2 Tim. iii. 5 Hollow professors are as hollow trees..tall, but pithless, sapless, unsound. 1728Ramsay Archers diverting themselves 27 Pithless limbs in silks o'er-clad. 1817Colebrooke Algebra, etc. Notes & Illustr. p. xlv, Omitting..superfluous and pithless matter. 1879Baring-Gould Germany II. 273 Leaning on these hollow, pithless reeds.
Hence ˈpithlessly adv.
1884J. Parker Apost. Life III. 217 If we speak it pithlessly, it takes rank with any words short and empty. |