单词 | will-lessness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈwill-lessness ˈwill-lessness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > weakness of character or will unmighteOE frailnessa1300 infirmityc1384 debility1474 brittleness1493 brucklenessc1500 weak side1668 weakness1748 washiness1763 feebleness1809–10 enervation1849 weak-mindedness1854 feet of clay1859 will-lessness1865 bonelessness1869 molluscousness1870 limpness1873 backbonelessness1882 invertebracy1882 weak-kneedness1882 invertebrateness1884 spinelessness1920 gutlessness1936 1865 Amer. Presbyterian & Theol. Rev. Apr. 303 As, through his stronger emphasizing of the will, he separates himself from Aristotle's deification of theory, naturally with him the Augustinian will-lessness must disappear. 1902 Academy 8 Nov. 509 Among the many signs of that hysteria, what is called abulia or ‘willessness’ is one of the most common. 2008 New Yorker 3 Mar. 80/3 The book is in general funny and forlorn, because it is a chronicle of mishaps and accidents and peculiar will-lessness—it has that Verloc-like ‘air of being drugged’. < as lemmas |
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