succourlessadj.

/ˈsʌkəlɪs/

Etymology: < succour n. + -less suffix.

Now rare.

a. Of persons or conditions: Without help, helpless; frequently without resources or means of subsistence, desititute.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor

havelessOE

unrichOE

waedlec1000

armOE

nakedOE

helplessc1175

wantsomec1175

poora1200

barec1220

needfula1225

misease?c1225

unwealya1300

needyc1325

feeblec1330

poorful1372

mischievousc1390

miseasedc1390

indigentc1400

meanc1400

naughtyc1400

succourless1412

unwealthyc1412

behove1413

misterousa1425

misterfulc1480

miserablec1485

beggarly1545

starved1563

threadbare1577

penurious1590

fortuneless1596

wealthless1605

wantful1607

necessitous1611

inopulent1613

titheless1615

egene1631

starveling1638

necessitated1646

inopious1656

parsimonious1782

unopulent1782

lacking1805

bushed1819

obolary1820

ill-to-do1853

down at heel1856

po'1866

needsome1870

down-at-heeled1884

rocky1921

the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched > having no resources left

succourless1412

moyenless1599

resourceless1787

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 1357 Pollidamas..stood, Socourles from al remedie.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxxi. A Be thou an aduocate..to speake for all soch as be domme & sucourles.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 412 Beyng succourlesse, and wandering vp & downe, at the last he was taken in a towne called Plashey in Essex.

1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. vi. i. 365 Whose speech may ease our succorlesse estate.

1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 506 These once happy Iles..are Metamorphosed in the Anatomy of succourlesse oppression.

1641 Stockton on Tees Par. Reg. A poor succourless boy was buried 28 March.

1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iii. ix. 112 Fighting alone succourlesse with five of the King of Portugal's ships.

1736 J. Thomson Britain: 4th Pt. Liberty 120 What Conflagrations, Earthquakes, Ravage,..succourless, and bare, the poor Remains Of Wretches forth to Nature's Common cast?

1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xi. 180 The hopeless and succourless bed of death.

1876 Daily News 18 Dec. 5/2 On the Hattia island, where the people were three days succourless.

absolute.1443 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 210 Visite the poore, and of compassioun, Nakyd and needy, and hungry socourlees.a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 105 A..refuge for to save The socourles.a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) x. viii The succour of the succourles.a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 152 You are tyed by your Order to give Protection to the Weak and Succourless.

b. transferred of a thing.

ΚΠ

1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 83 Colde Winters rage..makes the sappe leaue succourlesse the shoote.

†2. Affording no refuge. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > not affording shelter or protection

succourless1601

unsheltering1614

defenceless1694

shelterless1769

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 233 You are now fledde..to the succourlesse shelter of that your weather beaten action.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

单词	succourless
释义	succourlessadj. /ˈsʌkəlɪs/ Etymology: < succour n. + -less suffix. Now rare. 1. a. Of persons or conditions: Without help, helpless; frequently without resources or means of subsistence, desititute. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [adjective] > poor havelessOE unrichOE waedlec1000 armOE nakedOE helplessc1175 wantsomec1175 poora1200 barec1220 needfula1225 misease?c1225 unwealya1300 needyc1325 feeblec1330 poorful1372 mischievousc1390 miseasedc1390 indigentc1400 meanc1400 naughtyc1400 succourless1412 unwealthyc1412 behove1413 misterousa1425 misterfulc1480 miserablec1485 beggarly1545 starved1563 threadbare1577 penurious1590 fortuneless1596 wealthless1605 wantful1607 necessitous1611 inopulent1613 titheless1615 egene1631 starveling1638 necessitated1646 inopious1656 parsimonious1782 unopulent1782 lacking1805 bushed1819 obolary1820 ill-to-do1853 down at heel1856 po'1866 needsome1870 down-at-heeled1884 rocky1921 the world > action or operation > adversity > [adjective] > miserable or wretched > having no resources left succourless1412 moyenless1599 resourceless1787 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 1357 Pollidamas..stood, Socourles from al remedie. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xxxi. A Be thou an aduocate..to speake for all soch as be domme & sucourles. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 412 Beyng succourlesse, and wandering vp & downe, at the last he was taken in a towne called Plashey in Essex. 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. ii. vi. i. 365 Whose speech may ease our succorlesse estate. 1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. x. 506 These once happy Iles..are Metamorphosed in the Anatomy of succourlesse oppression. 1641 Stockton on Tees Par. Reg. A poor succourless boy was buried 28 March. 1661 S. Morgan Sphere of Gentry iii. ix. 112 Fighting alone succourlesse with five of the King of Portugal's ships. 1736 J. Thomson Britain: 4th Pt. Liberty 120 What Conflagrations, Earthquakes, Ravage,..succourless, and bare, the poor Remains Of Wretches forth to Nature's Common cast? 1828 E. Bulwer-Lytton Pelham III. xi. 180 The hopeless and succourless bed of death. 1876 Daily News 18 Dec. 5/2 On the Hattia island, where the people were three days succourless. absolute.1443 Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 210 Visite the poore, and of compassioun, Nakyd and needy, and hungry socourlees.a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 105 A..refuge for to save The socourles.a1586 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David (1823) x. viii The succour of the succourles.a1658 J. Cleveland Clievelandi Vindiciæ (1677) 152 You are tyed by your Order to give Protection to the Weak and Succourless. b. transferred of a thing. ΚΠ 1613 W. Browne Britannia's Pastorals I. iv. 83 Colde Winters rage..makes the sappe leaue succourlesse the shoote. †2. Affording no refuge. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > [adjective] > exposed to danger > vulnerable > not affording shelter or protection succourless1601 unsheltering1614 defenceless1694 shelterless1769 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 233 You are now fledde..to the succourlesse shelter of that your weather beaten action. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < adj.1412
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