matterlessadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈmatələs/, U.S.

/ˈmædərləs/

Forms: see matter n.¹ and -less suffix.

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

Etymology: < matter n.¹ + -less suffix.

A. adj.

1. Having no matter; not embodied in matter; immaterial. Now chiefly Philosophy.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adjective]

bodilessa1398

matterlessa1398

unmateriala1398

unbodily1398

immaterialc1450

metaphysic1528

incorporeal1532

incorporate1540

incorporal1551

uncorporal1567

metaphysical1577

unphysical1593

limbless1594

corpseless1596

unbodied1609

immateriate1626

incorporeous1638

uncarnate1646

unmattered1647

incorporificated1651

unembodied1662

unessential1667

inessential1677

unelementarya1706

unelementateda1706

unincarnate1709

immechanical1715

asomatous1731

unincorporate1821

unfleshly1834

ethereal1836

non-material1847

non-physical1856

unincarnated1859

discorporate1888

transubstantial1892

a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 20 ^v Þe fifþe is intellectus, vndirstondinge & inwit þerby he knowiþ materles & bodililes þinges [L. res non materiales], as god & angelis & oþir siche.

1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Bv The broken bread..is material & not mattierles.

1602 J. Davies Mirum in Modum sig. G3 Who being immateriall, cannot change, (For thats immutable thats matterlesse).

a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) I. 56 He cannot live upon matterless forms.

1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. xv. 304 A matterless form would vanish.

1964 Mind 73 343 He rejected Descartes' identification of matter and space and held empty, matterless, unoccupied space to be both conceivable and actual.

1994 Philos. Rev. 103 568 The virtuous person's pleasure is an essentially matterless universe.

2. Devoid of sense or meaning. Now archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective]

emptya1225

sleevelessc1450

dumb1531

insensible1538

senseless1579

weetless1579

unsignificant1603

surd1605

matterless1612

unmeaning1632

non-significative1633

brute1642

shelly1648

insignificant1651

insignificative1660

unsignificative1664

unsignifying1665

unsensed1667

meaningless1728

bilka1734

meanless1734

inexpressive1744

unideal1751

unexpressive1755

idealess1793

unsuggestive1797

tenorless1821

themeless1840

nonsensible1851

inarticulate1855

purportless1865

expressionless1871

vacuous1872

contentless1886

unmeaningful1897

1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus To Rdr. With multiplication of matterless words.

a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 460 in Wks. (1640) III All fine noise Of verse meere-matter-lesse.

1767 S. Pennington Lett. III. 37 Some dissipation is necessary for you, and therefore, my matterless lines may have their use.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xv. 306 Zenianthe..slowly shook her head. ‘Multiplication of matterless words,’ said she.

a. Chiefly British regional. Of no concern or importance; irrelevant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective]

toyous1581

unpregnant1604

unconcerning1612

immomenta1616

importlessa1616

nothinga1616

unmomentary1624

unimportingc1625

unessential1634

matterlessa1650

inconcerning1650

nugacious1652

of good, bad, etc., consequence1654

immomentary1662

immomentous1726

unmomentous1735

unimportant1750

unconsequential1769

inconsequential1782

nothingless1822

small fry1828

uninterest1890

non-entitious1952

nothingburger1965

a1650 T. May Old Couple (1658) ii. 10 'Tis matterless in goodness who excels: He that hath coyn, hath all perfections else.

1812 C. Bruce Let. 22 Jan. in I. Bruce Nun of Lebanon (1951) II. xiii. 173 Matterless as their association might be to her, still I say she will often..regret the want of it.

1875 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) 167/2 It's matterless which way you tak' th' watter.

1889 Archaeologia Aeliana New Ser. 13 280 It being matterless whether a saint is incorruptible or, as in the case of Bede, corrupted.

1913 J. C. Unwin Land Hunger 179 I pointed out to him that it was matterless about the cost so long as the income exceeded the expenditure.

1990 J. McGahern Amongst Women 172 Whether the hay was won or lost grew matterless.

b. English regional (northern). Of a person: of no consequence; incompetent, shiftless, helpless.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective]

unmightyOE

unmightfulc1450

disablea1500

non-able1552

incapable1597

uncapable1627

matterless1794

1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 225 (note) Mr. Robinson..a simple matterless body.

1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘A matterless body,’ one little regarded or respected.

†B. adv.

Without materials. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > ill-provided with something

barec1220

leana1340

needya1425

matterless1483

deficious1541

scarce of?1541

scanta1595

deficienta1616

strait1662

short of1697

shy1895

low on1904

short on1922

light1936

1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxxvii. f. 85 No more men maye glosen withouten text than bylde materles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	matterless
释义	matterlessadj.adv. Brit. /ˈmatələs/, U.S. /ˈmædərləs/ Forms: see matter n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: matter n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < matter n.¹ + -less suffix. A. adj. 1. Having no matter; not embodied in matter; immaterial. Now chiefly Philosophy. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > existence > materiality > immateriality > [adjective] bodilessa1398 matterlessa1398 unmateriala1398 unbodily1398 immaterialc1450 metaphysic1528 incorporeal1532 incorporate1540 incorporal1551 uncorporal1567 metaphysical1577 unphysical1593 limbless1594 corpseless1596 unbodied1609 immateriate1626 incorporeous1638 uncarnate1646 unmattered1647 incorporificated1651 unembodied1662 unessential1667 inessential1677 unelementarya1706 unelementateda1706 unincarnate1709 immechanical1715 asomatous1731 unincorporate1821 unfleshly1834 ethereal1836 non-material1847 non-physical1856 unincarnated1859 discorporate1888 transubstantial1892 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 20 ^v Þe fifþe is intellectus, vndirstondinge & inwit þerby he knowiþ materles & bodililes þinges [L. res non materiales], as god & angelis & oþir siche. 1548 E. Gest Treat. againste Masse sig. Bv The broken bread..is material & not mattierles. 1602 J. Davies Mirum in Modum sig. G3 Who being immateriall, cannot change, (For thats immutable thats matterlesse). a1849 H. Coleridge Ess. & Marginalia (1851) I. 56 He cannot live upon matterless forms. 1890 J. H. Stirling Gifford Lect. xv. 304 A matterless form would vanish. 1964 Mind 73 343 He rejected Descartes' identification of matter and space and held empty, matterless, unoccupied space to be both conceivable and actual. 1994 Philos. Rev. 103 568 The virtuous person's pleasure is an essentially matterless universe. 2. Devoid of sense or meaning. Now archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > [adjective] emptya1225 sleevelessc1450 dumb1531 insensible1538 senseless1579 weetless1579 unsignificant1603 surd1605 matterless1612 unmeaning1632 non-significative1633 brute1642 shelly1648 insignificant1651 insignificative1660 unsignificative1664 unsignifying1665 unsensed1667 meaningless1728 bilka1734 meanless1734 inexpressive1744 unideal1751 unexpressive1755 idealess1793 unsuggestive1797 tenorless1821 themeless1840 nonsensible1851 inarticulate1855 purportless1865 expressionless1871 vacuous1872 contentless1886 unmeaningful1897 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus To Rdr. With multiplication of matterless words. a1637 B. Jonson tr. Horace Art of Poetrie 460 in Wks. (1640) III All fine noise Of verse meere-matter-lesse. 1767 S. Pennington Lett. III. 37 Some dissipation is necessary for you, and therefore, my matterless lines may have their use. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xv. 306 Zenianthe..slowly shook her head. ‘Multiplication of matterless words,’ said she. 3. a. Chiefly British regional. Of no concern or importance; irrelevant. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] toyous1581 unpregnant1604 unconcerning1612 immomenta1616 importlessa1616 nothinga1616 unmomentary1624 unimportingc1625 unessential1634 matterlessa1650 inconcerning1650 nugacious1652 of good, bad, etc., consequence1654 immomentary1662 immomentous1726 unmomentous1735 unimportant1750 unconsequential1769 inconsequential1782 nothingless1822 small fry1828 uninterest1890 non-entitious1952 nothingburger1965 a1650 T. May Old Couple (1658) ii. 10 'Tis matterless in goodness who excels: He that hath coyn, hath all perfections else. 1812 C. Bruce Let. 22 Jan. in I. Bruce Nun of Lebanon (1951) II. xiii. 173 Matterless as their association might be to her, still I say she will often..regret the want of it. 1875 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (1877) 167/2 It's matterless which way you tak' th' watter. 1889 Archaeologia Aeliana New Ser. 13 280 It being matterless whether a saint is incorruptible or, as in the case of Bede, corrupted. 1913 J. C. Unwin Land Hunger 179 I pointed out to him that it was matterless about the cost so long as the income exceeded the expenditure. 1990 J. McGahern Amongst Women 172 Whether the hay was won or lost grew matterless. b. English regional (northern). Of a person: of no consequence; incompetent, shiftless, helpless. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > inability > [adjective] unmightyOE unmightfulc1450 disablea1500 non-able1552 incapable1597 uncapable1627 matterless1794 1794 W. Hutchinson Hist. Cumberland I. 225 (note) Mr. Robinson..a simple matterless body. 1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘A matterless body,’ one little regarded or respected. †B. adv. Without materials. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > non-possession > [adjective] > devoid of something > lacking or without > ill-provided with something barec1220 leana1340 needya1425 matterless1483 deficious1541 scarce of?1541 scanta1595 deficienta1616 strait1662 short of1697 shy1895 low on1904 short on1922 light1936 1483 ( tr. G. Deguileville Pilgrimage of Soul (Caxton) iv. xxxvii. f. 85 No more men maye glosen withouten text than bylde materles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.adv.a1398
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