单词 | dutiless |
释义 | dutilessadj. 1. Wanting in the performance of duty; undutiful. Obsolete or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [adjective] undutiful1582 misbeholden1599 dutilessa1603 inofficious1604 unduteousa1616 society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > [adjective] undutiful1595 dutilessa1603 impious1613 unduteousa1616 a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 155 Wee are not so dutilesse to endevour any such thing. 1606 No-body & Some-body sig. C3v To be so dutilesse vnto the Queene. 1889 A. C. Swinburne Stud. Prose & Poetry (1894) 202 The heartless and dutiless young king. 2. On which duty has not been paid.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > duty on goods > [adjective] > on which duty has been paid > not uncustomed1393 uncustomate1510 unaccustomed1701 untolled1775 dutiless1894 1894 S. R. Crockett Raiders 37 The lads who bring over the dutiless gear from Holland and the Isle of Man. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < adj.a1603 |
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