lorelessadj.
/ˈlɔːlɪs/ rare.
Without learning or knowledge.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > [adjective]
unlearedeOE
untowenc1000
unwittyc1000
skillessc1175
uncouthc1220
lewda1225
lorelessa1300
simplea1325
layc1330
uncunning1340
untaughtc1340
unknowingc1350
rudea1382
roida1400
unquainta1400
ignorant?c1400
unlearnedc1400
misknowing?a1425
simple-hearted?c1425
unknownc1475
unkenningc1480
unweeting1483
nescienta1500
craftlessc1530
misliterate1532
sillya1547
ingram1553
gross1561
inscient1578
borowe1579
plain-headeda1586
empirical1588
rudeful1589
lack-learning1590
learnless?1593
wotless?1594
ingrant1597
untutored1597
small-knowing1598
uninstructed1598
unlearnt1609
unread1609
unware?1611
nescious1623
inscious1633
inscientifical1660
uninformed1702
unaware1704
unable1721
unsuspecting1776
inerudite1801
ill-informed1824
incognoscent1827
unminded1831
unknowledgeable1837
knowledgelessc1843
parviscient1862
clueless1943
a1300 Five Evil Things in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 161 Bissop lorles, Kyng redeles.
a1327 in Pol. Songs (Camden) 254 For niht is liht, the lond is loreles.
1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 3 447 The poetry of his loreless soul.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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