manlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈmanləs/, U.S.

/ˈmænləs/

Forms: see man n.¹ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: man n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < man n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare Old Icelandic mannlauss without men, without a husband. With senses 1a and 2b compare man n.¹ I.; with senses 1b and 2a compare man n.¹ II.

a. Having no men; having no human beings.In quot. 1640: having no chessmen.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > deserted

manlessOE

willc1330

void1338

desolatec1374

destitute1382

blouta1522

destituted1550

unmanned1609

lifeless1615

deserted1629

vaked1638

vacant1791

OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 241 Parietina, roflease uel manlease ealde weallas.

c1400 Sir Perceval 1787 My modir all manles Leued i thare!

a1626 F. Bacon Considerations War with Spain (1629) 31 It was no more but a stratagem of fireboats manlesse and sent vpon them by the fauour of the wind in the night time.

1640 R. Baillie Let. 6 Nov. (1841) I. 270 I went forward with my companie manless.

c1640 Game at Chasse 22 in J. Maidment Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1868) 99 For still mismet and manles lousse the game.

c1650 J. Spalding Hist. Troubles Scotl. (1829) 112 His majesty's lieges should..flee the covenant, and leave the cause manless.

1816 Ld. Byron Darkness 71 The world was void,..Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless, A lump of death.

1834 F. Wrangham Homerics 22 When Amazonia's manless kind Their plains o'er-ran.

1863 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 90 A humble, respectable, manless cottage.

1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 244 A melancholy expanse, treeless, dwellingless, manless.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 13 May 2/1 The mother-country has landless men, the Colonies have manless lands.

1946 R. A. Knox Retreat for Priests i. 3 There is nothing to tell us how long the animals had been in existence in a manless world.

1971 Morning Star 11 June 4 That morning we had driven many almost manless miles along main roads.

b. Of a woman: lacking or avoiding the company of men; having no husband or lover.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adjective] > having no husband or suitor

manless1942

a1665 J. Quarles tr. J. Cats Self-conflict (1680) 31 The Wife..Ought not a prostitute to others be, But first should be divorced from his side..thenceforth abstain From love, and manless all her days remain.

1924 [implied in: Public Opinion 7 Nov. 460/2 We find girls robbed of wholesome excitements..by the loneliness and manlessness of their lives. (at manlessness n. 2)].

1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xix. 161 Like so many manless women, Thérèse was extraordinarily sensitive and hostile to the masculine touch.

1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xxv. 189 Fear of living out her life as a manless woman.

1970 O. Norton Dead on Prediction i. 5 I'd just been going through a pretty man~less period.

1972 Guardian 16 Feb. 13/2 The 24-year-old, man-less office worker.

1988 M. Cohen Living on Water 41 A tarted-up and manless woman on vacation from herself, from her boring and manless life.

a. Lacking in manhood; †effeminate (obsolete); impotent. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective]

womanly?c1225

ferbleta1300

effeminatea1393

nicea1393

softc1450

manlessa1529

unmanly1534

cockney1573

effeminated1580

unmanlikea1586

milky1602

enervate1603

womanizing1615

emasculate1622

womanized1624

softly1643

womanlish1647

unmasculine1649

emollid1656

ladylike1656

enervated1660

emasculated1701

petticoated1708

tea-faced1728

effeminized1789

invirile1870

epicene1881

sissyish1889

sissified1898

devirilized1901

cockless1902

camp1909

pansy1929

campy1932

queenly1933

poncy1937

pansyish1941

swishy1941

moffie1954

poofy1956

femme1963

poofed-up1964

minty1965

ponced-up1970

lavender1979

the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > unmanly or effeminate

manlessa1529

unmanly1534

meacock1587

unmanful1729

sissy1879

unvirile1884

sissyish1889

candy-ass1953

candy-assed1953

nelly1960

a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 19 O causeles cowardes, O hartles hardynes! O manles manhod, enfayntyd all with fere!

?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads iii. 40 O Heauen, that thou hadst nere beene borne; Or (being so manless) neuer liu'd to beare mans noblest state, The nuptiall honour.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 208 The throtes of dogs shall graue His manlesse lims.

1621 F. Quarles Hadassa sig. L3 To yeeld The right and safe possession of the Shield, Was foule reproach, and man-lesse cowardize.

1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 82 That pusillanimity and manless subjugation, which by many in our Age scornfully is called Priest-riddenness.

1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes iv. 160 By the time of our arrival at the rainbow land I was invariably as manless as I had been on the first occasion.

1969 B. Head When Rain Clouds Gather ix. 126 Thousands of men died this way to boost up the manhood of a manless man.

†b. Inhuman. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective]

hateleOE

balefulOE

swartOE

hatelyOE

ill-willinga1300

illc1330

ill-willeda1340

evil-willya1382

hatefula1400

malignc1429

malicea1500

maltalentivea1500

malevolent1509

malevolous1531

fiendisha1535

ill asposit1535

ill-givena1568

malignant1592

ill-affecteda1599

unpleasant1603

manless?1609

evil-affected1611

ill-willy1611

ill-meaning1633

ill-natured1645

swarthy1651

unbenign1651

reptile1653

sullen1676

maligning1687

unbenevolent1694

reptilian1855

unbenignant1856

?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads ix. 135 A hater of Societie,..being stuft, with manless crueltie.

Derivatives

† manlessly adv. Obsolete rare cruelly, inhumanly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adverb]

illc1300

accursedlyc1330

hatefullyc1425

unlovingly1512

malignantly1565

manlessly1607

malevolently1613

malefically1652

unbenignly1863

the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adverb]

illc1300

hatefullyc1425

malignantly1565

accursedly1579

manlessly1607

malevolently1613

malefically1652

unbenignly1863

1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois v. 68 Let her wounds Manlesly digd in her, be easd and cur'd.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxii. 307 She..saw, her Hector slaine, and bound T'Achilles chariot; manlesly, dragg'd to the Grecian fleet.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	manless
释义	manlessadj. Brit. /ˈmanləs/, U.S. /ˈmænləs/ Forms: see man n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: man n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < man n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare Old Icelandic mannlauss without men, without a husband. With senses 1a and 2b compare man n.¹ I.; with senses 1b and 2a compare man n.¹ II. 1. a. Having no men; having no human beings.In quot. 1640: having no chessmen. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [adjective] > deserted manlessOE willc1330 void1338 desolatec1374 destitute1382 blouta1522 destituted1550 unmanned1609 lifeless1615 deserted1629 vaked1638 vacant1791 OE Antwerp Gloss. (1955) 241 Parietina, roflease uel manlease ealde weallas. c1400 Sir Perceval 1787 My modir all manles Leued i thare! a1626 F. Bacon Considerations War with Spain (1629) 31 It was no more but a stratagem of fireboats manlesse and sent vpon them by the fauour of the wind in the night time. 1640 R. Baillie Let. 6 Nov. (1841) I. 270 I went forward with my companie manless. c1640 Game at Chasse 22 in J. Maidment Bk. Sc. Pasquils (1868) 99 For still mismet and manles lousse the game. c1650 J. Spalding Hist. Troubles Scotl. (1829) 112 His majesty's lieges should..flee the covenant, and leave the cause manless. 1816 Ld. Byron Darkness 71 The world was void,..Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless, A lump of death. 1834 F. Wrangham Homerics 22 When Amazonia's manless kind Their plains o'er-ran. 1863 W. Cory Lett. & Jrnls. (1897) 90 A humble, respectable, manless cottage. 1880 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 244 A melancholy expanse, treeless, dwellingless, manless. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 13 May 2/1 The mother-country has landless men, the Colonies have manless lands. 1946 R. A. Knox Retreat for Priests i. 3 There is nothing to tell us how long the animals had been in existence in a manless world. 1971 Morning Star 11 June 4 That morning we had driven many almost manless miles along main roads. b. Of a woman: lacking or avoiding the company of men; having no husband or lover. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > unmarried person(s) > unmarried woman > [adjective] > having no husband or suitor manless1942 a1665 J. Quarles tr. J. Cats Self-conflict (1680) 31 The Wife..Ought not a prostitute to others be, But first should be divorced from his side..thenceforth abstain From love, and manless all her days remain. 1924 [implied in: Public Opinion 7 Nov. 460/2 We find girls robbed of wholesome excitements..by the loneliness and manlessness of their lives. (at manlessness n. 2)]. 1942 E. Paul Narrow Street xix. 161 Like so many manless women, Thérèse was extraordinarily sensitive and hostile to the masculine touch. 1962 ‘K. Orvis’ Damned & Destroyed xxv. 189 Fear of living out her life as a manless woman. 1970 O. Norton Dead on Prediction i. 5 I'd just been going through a pretty man~less period. 1972 Guardian 16 Feb. 13/2 The 24-year-old, man-less office worker. 1988 M. Cohen Living on Water 41 A tarted-up and manless woman on vacation from herself, from her boring and manless life. 2. a. Lacking in manhood; †effeminate (obsolete); impotent. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > sex and gender > female > effeminacy > [adjective] womanly?c1225 ferbleta1300 effeminatea1393 nicea1393 softc1450 manlessa1529 unmanly1534 cockney1573 effeminated1580 unmanlikea1586 milky1602 enervate1603 womanizing1615 emasculate1622 womanized1624 softly1643 womanlish1647 unmasculine1649 emollid1656 ladylike1656 enervated1660 emasculated1701 petticoated1708 tea-faced1728 effeminized1789 invirile1870 epicene1881 sissyish1889 sissified1898 devirilized1901 cockless1902 camp1909 pansy1929 campy1932 queenly1933 poncy1937 pansyish1941 swishy1941 moffie1954 poofy1956 femme1963 poofed-up1964 minty1965 ponced-up1970 lavender1979 the mind > emotion > fear > cowardice or pusillanimity > [adjective] > unmanly or effeminate manlessa1529 unmanly1534 meacock1587 unmanful1729 sissy1879 unvirile1884 sissyish1889 candy-ass1953 candy-assed1953 nelly1960 a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 19 O causeles cowardes, O hartles hardynes! O manles manhod, enfayntyd all with fere! ?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads iii. 40 O Heauen, that thou hadst nere beene borne; Or (being so manless) neuer liu'd to beare mans noblest state, The nuptiall honour. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xv. 208 The throtes of dogs shall graue His manlesse lims. 1621 F. Quarles Hadassa sig. L3 To yeeld The right and safe possession of the Shield, Was foule reproach, and man-lesse cowardize. 1653 E. Waterhouse Humble Apol. Learning 82 That pusillanimity and manless subjugation, which by many in our Age scornfully is called Priest-riddenness. 1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes iv. 160 By the time of our arrival at the rainbow land I was invariably as manless as I had been on the first occasion. 1969 B. Head When Rain Clouds Gather ix. 126 Thousands of men died this way to boost up the manhood of a manless man. †b. Inhuman. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adjective] hateleOE balefulOE swartOE hatelyOE ill-willinga1300 illc1330 ill-willeda1340 evil-willya1382 hatefula1400 malignc1429 malicea1500 maltalentivea1500 malevolent1509 malevolous1531 fiendisha1535 ill asposit1535 ill-givena1568 malignant1592 ill-affecteda1599 unpleasant1603 manless?1609 evil-affected1611 ill-willy1611 ill-meaning1633 ill-natured1645 swarthy1651 unbenign1651 reptile1653 sullen1676 maligning1687 unbenevolent1694 reptilian1855 unbenignant1856 ?1609 G. Chapman tr. Homer Twelue Bks. Iliads ix. 135 A hater of Societie,..being stuft, with manless crueltie. Derivatives † manlessly adv. Obsolete rare cruelly, inhumanly. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > harmfulness > ill-will > [adverb] illc1300 accursedlyc1330 hatefullyc1425 unlovingly1512 malignantly1565 manlessly1607 malevolently1613 malefically1652 unbenignly1863 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > unkindness > ill will, malevolence > [adverb] illc1300 hatefullyc1425 malignantly1565 accursedly1579 manlessly1607 malevolently1613 malefically1652 unbenignly1863 1607 G. Chapman Bussy D'Ambois v. 68 Let her wounds Manlesly digd in her, be easd and cur'd. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads xxii. 307 She..saw, her Hector slaine, and bound T'Achilles chariot; manlesly, dragg'd to the Grecian fleet. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.OE
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