guerdonlessadj.
/ˈɡəːdənlɪs/ Without guerdon; not receiving, occasionally not bestowing, a guerdon.
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the mind > emotion > gratitude > ingratitude > [adjective] > unrewarded
unforyoldenOE
unacquit1390
unmeedya1400
unquita1400
guerdonless?c1400
unrewarded?a1425
unguerdoned1433
unrecompensed1469
rewardless1481
unrequited1556
unrepaid1592
requiteless1606
desertless1607
uncompensated1823
?c1400 J. Lydgate Æsop's Fab. iv. 53 Takyng theyr service and labour to theyr vse Gwerdounles to make theym to travaile.
1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. lxxxvi Yet had I neuer reward nor bounte of her the dayes of my lyf and yet haue I ben her knight gwerdonles.
1604 T. Middleton Ant & Nightingale Ded. sig. A3 Most Guerdonlesse Syr Pinching Patron.
1881 W. Wilkins Songs of Study 214 Ride far by coast and city, An envoy guerdonless.
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