† hoflesadj.
Obsolete.
Immoderate, excessive; unreasonable; intemperate. att hofelæs (quot. c1175), immoderately.
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 > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or too great in amount or degree
overmeteeOE
unmeeteOE
unimeteOE
unmethelyOE
over-mickleOE
hoflesc1175
overmucha1300
unskilwisea1340
unskilfulc1370
luxuriousc1374
overseemingc1384
superfluec1384
unreasonablea1387
outrageousc1390
over-greatc1390
overlargec1390
overgrowna1398
unmeasurablea1398
unmoderatea1398
unordinatea1398
immoderate1398
rankc1400
overabundantc1410
excessivea1420
superabundant?a1425
unmeasureda1425
superfluousc1475
nimious?c1500
surfeitc1500
overliberala1535
torc1540
exceeding1548
distemperate1557
over-ranka1568
overswelling1582
accessive1583
overaboundinga1600
overteeming1603
excessful1633
overproportionated1647
superproportioned1652
over-proportioned1662
overproportionate1672
unduea1684
unequal1704
unmerciful1707
hypermetric1854
hypertrophied1879
over the top1980
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > excessively [phrase] > excessively or immoderately
att hofelæsc1175
with unskillc1220
above (also beyond) the moonc1300
out of score1303
beyond (also above, over, without) measurea1375
out of (all) measurea1375
beyond measure1526
above (also beyond) the nock1530
out of (also without) all cry1565
out of all hoa1592
over the top1935
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > going too far > going or gone beyond bounds
hoflesc1175
superfluea1425
insolent?a1500
intemperate1508
overgone1581
excurrent1605
exorbitant1621
c1175 Ormulum (Burchfield transcript) l. 6224 Swa þatt ȝitt nohht att hofelæs. ne nede þeȝȝm to swinnkenn.
c1230 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Corpus Cambr.) (1962) 57 Muchel hofles hit is. cumen in to ancre hus...forte sechen eise þrin.
c1230 Hali Meid. 43 Sone so þu..þuncheð hofles & hoker of ewt þat mon seið þe oðer deð ȝette.
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