groundlessadj.

/ˈɡraʊndlɪs/

Forms: Old English grundléas, Middle English groundlyas, Middle English groundeles, Middle English growndles, 1500s– groundless, (1600s groundlesse).

Etymology: Old English grundléas , < grund ground n. + -léas -less suffix. Compare Middle Dutch and Dutch grondeloos, Middle High German gruntlôs (German grundlos), Middle Swedish and Swedish grundlös.

†1. Bottomless, unfathomable. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

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the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very

groundlessc888

bottomlessc1400

profound?a1425

neal1574

soundlessc1595

insoundable1602

gulfy1607

unbottomed1615

depthless1619

unsoundable1629

chin-deep1634

fathomless1638

abysming1644

unfounded1648

abysmal1656

plumbless1665

unfathomablea1676

chasmy1793

fathom-deep1835

plummetlessc1861

chasmal1871

abyssal1903

c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. vii. §4 Sio grundlease swelgend hæfð swiðe mænegu westu holu on to gadrianne.

c1315 Shoreham Poems 154 Godes domes beth A groundlyas pet.

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 310 All the gotez of þy guferes, & groundelez powlez.

c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xv. 83 O hov deply I owe to submitte myself under þi depe groundeles iuggementes, lorde.

1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 14 Shallowest Foords to ground-lesse gulphs doe change.

2. Destitute of foundation, authority, or support; having no real cause or reason; unfounded.

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the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective] > not based on reason

hoflesc1175

unreasonablec1384

fantastica1387

disreasonablec1550

reasonless1556

idle1590

alogical1603

groundless1620

irrational1641

unreasonal1650

adoxal1652

irrationable1657

unreasoning1682

untoward1682

unfaceablea1825

aberrational1837

non-rational1859

irrationalistic1910

a bit hot1925

arational1935

the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > without cause > without reason or foundation

ungroundedc1380

causeless1535

ingrounded1601

groundless1620

reasonless1623

momentless1633

foundationless1649

1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 331 Groundleese imaginations, and vaine confidences.

1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 77 A groundless fiction that cannot be proved.

1721 E. Young Revenge iii. i 'Twas your mistake, and groundless are your fears.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 236 This notion..seems to be altogether groundless .

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. xxxiii. 319 This report proved as groundless as the message of Ariaeus.

1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 168 I came to the conclusion that their murmurs were not entirely groundless.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	groundless
释义	groundlessadj. /ˈɡraʊndlɪs/ Forms: Old English grundléas, Middle English groundlyas, Middle English groundeles, Middle English growndles, 1500s– groundless, (1600s groundlesse). Etymology: Old English grundléas , < grund ground n. + -léas -less suffix. Compare Middle Dutch and Dutch grondeloos, Middle High German gruntlôs (German grundlos), Middle Swedish and Swedish grundlös. †1. Bottomless, unfathomable. literal and figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > vertical extent > extension downwards or depth > [adjective] > very groundlessc888 bottomlessc1400 profound?a1425 neal1574 soundlessc1595 insoundable1602 gulfy1607 unbottomed1615 depthless1619 unsoundable1629 chin-deep1634 fathomless1638 abysming1644 unfounded1648 abysmal1656 plumbless1665 unfathomablea1676 chasmy1793 fathom-deep1835 plummetlessc1861 chasmal1871 abyssal1903 c888 Ælfred tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. vii. §4 Sio grundlease swelgend hæfð swiðe mænegu westu holu on to gadrianne. c1315 Shoreham Poems 154 Godes domes beth A groundlyas pet. c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 310 All the gotez of þy guferes, & groundelez powlez. c1450 tr. Thomas à Kempis De Imitatione Christi iii. xv. 83 O hov deply I owe to submitte myself under þi depe groundeles iuggementes, lorde. 1606 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. (new ed.) ii. iii. 14 Shallowest Foords to ground-lesse gulphs doe change. 2. Destitute of foundation, authority, or support; having no real cause or reason; unfounded. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > lack of reason, irrationality > [adjective] > not based on reason hoflesc1175 unreasonablec1384 fantastica1387 disreasonablec1550 reasonless1556 idle1590 alogical1603 groundless1620 irrational1641 unreasonal1650 adoxal1652 irrationable1657 unreasoning1682 untoward1682 unfaceablea1825 aberrational1837 non-rational1859 irrationalistic1910 a bit hot1925 arational1935 the world > existence and causation > causation > chance or causelessness > [adjective] > without cause > without reason or foundation ungroundedc1380 causeless1535 ingrounded1601 groundless1620 reasonless1623 momentless1633 foundationless1649 1620 T. Granger Syntagma Logicum 331 Groundleese imaginations, and vaine confidences. 1651 R. Baxter Plain Script. Proof Infants Church-membership & Baptism 77 A groundless fiction that cannot be proved. 1721 E. Young Revenge iii. i 'Twas your mistake, and groundless are your fears. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations I. i. xi. 236 This notion..seems to be altogether groundless . View more context for this quotation 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) IV. xxxiii. 319 This report proved as groundless as the message of Ariaeus. 1849 E. E. Napier Excursions Southern Afr. II. 168 I came to the conclusion that their murmurs were not entirely groundless. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.c888
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