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单词 sinewless
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sinewlessadj.

Forms: Also 1500s sinewe-, 1600s sin(n)ewlesse.
Etymology: < sinew n. + -less suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈsinewless.
1. Destitute of sinews.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > structural parts > sinew, tendon, or ligament > [adjective] > without
sinewless1552
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Sinewelesse, or hauing no sinewes.
1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 245 That were to make headless trunks, and sinewless arms.
1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 25 515 The Farnesian Hercules, so muscular before, so sinewless behind.
1815 Ld. Byron Saul i, in Hebrew Melodies 26 His foot, in bony whiteness, glittered there, Shrunken and sinewless.
2. Lacking vigour; feeble, weak, powerless.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things)
thin?c1225
wateryc1230
feeble1393
wash1548
waterish1549
fadea1554
limping1577
dilute1605
lank1607
languid1622
water gruel1630
invalid1635
sinewless1644
exsanguine1647
flaccid1647
diluted1681
wishy-washy1693
tiffany1694
foible1715
rickety1738
faintly1771
unrobust1775
pale1820
peely-wally1832
muscleless1841
weakling1848
weedy?1858
feeblose1882
papery1924
the world > life > the body > bodily constitution > bodily weakness > [adjective]
wokec897
unstronga900
unmightyeOE
feeblec1175
strengthlessc1175
unwieldc1220
weaka1300
frailc1384
unwieldyc1386
unthendec1425
dissolutec1450
unsure?a1475
feyc1475
simple1477
unfirm1483
unsinewed?1541
wash1548
weakling1557
ladylike1566
silly1567
water weak1592
washya1631
wankle1686
foible1715
unmuscular1725
nerveless1792
wankly1795
shilpit1813
wankya1825
sinewless1829
weedy-looking1835
queachy1859
insubstantiala1861
paper-backed1888
weak-fleshed1967
1644 H. Parker Jus Populi 44 Regiment in the first ages was rather too milde and sinewlesse than too violent and rigorous.
1656 Disc. Auxiliary Beauty 193 All that ever was said against these Helps of beauty, seems to many wise women..weak and sinnewlesse.
1829 K. H. Digby Broad Stone of Honour: Godefridus xxii. 294 The arms which once slew the Nemæan lion may become sinewless.
1869 J. Ker Serm. (1874) I. 63 A weak sinewless Christianity.
1872 W. C. Russell Perplexity I. viii. 145 Look at those hands; they are white, thin, sinewless.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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