单词 | thowlessness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈthowlessness ˈthowlessness n. †evil or immoral conduct, bad behaviour; wantonness, vice (obsolete); also, want of energy, ineffectiveness. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > wrong conduct > [noun] fiend-thewsc1275 misgovernancec1375 misusing1395 misrule?1406 misgovernmentc1450 misguiding1480 thowlessness1489 miscraft1496 demerit1509 misuse1509 misdemeanoura1513 prevarication1561 misguide1596 malconduct1684 misconduct1717 malversation1752 misdealing1851 the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [noun] > lack of vigour or energy neshnesseOE thowlessness1489 fecklessness1637 nervelessness1857 entropy1867 1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) i. 333 And till swylk thowlesnes he ȝeid, As the cours askis off ȝowtheid. a1500 (c1425) Andrew of Wyntoun Oryg. Cron. Scotl. (Nero) vi. l. 264 Þat þai sulde noucht for idilnes Fal in til ewil thowlesnes. 1884 ‘J. Strathesk’ More Bits from Blinkbonny xi. 206 She did not quite like some of Bell's remarks about ‘wasterfu'ness’ and ‘thowlessness’, possibly because they were only too true. < as lemmas |
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