† worthilessadj.

Forms: 1500s worthilesse, 1500s worthyles, 1600s–1800s worthiless; also Scottish pre-1700 worthiles.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: worthy adj., -less suffix.

Etymology: Apparently < worthy adj. + -less suffix. Compare later worthless adj. and earlier worthily adj.

Obsolete.

Without worth or merit; worthless.

ΘΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective]

forcouthc888

goodlesseOE

undoughtya1225

voidc1380

bare1399

stark naught1528

worthilessa1542

queer1567

worthless1573

hilding1577

baggage1580

arrant1581

offal1588

lorel1590

losel1601

ragamuffin1602

loselled1606

loselly1611

valuelessa1616

ragamuffa1626

good-for-nothing1706

ne'er-do-well1773

rotten1813

neat1824

scamping1832

good-for-naught1835

no good1838

scampish1847

ne'er-do-wellish1890

no good1904

upter1919

never-do-well1933

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

naughteOE

unworthc960

nought worthOE

unworthya1240

vaina1300

lewd1362

base?1510

to be nothing toc1520

stark naught1528

nothing worth1535

worthilessa1542

draffish1543

baggage1548

dunghill?1555

valureless1563

toyish1572

worthless1573

out (forth) of door (also doors)1574

leaden1577

riff-raff1577

drafty1582

fecklessc1586

dudgeon?1589

nought-worth1589

tenpenny1592

wanwordy?a1595

shotten herring1598

nugatory1603

unvalued1604

priceless1614

unvaluable1615

valuelessa1616

waste1616

trashya1620

draffy1624

stramineous1624

invaluable1640

roly-poly?1645

nugatorious1646

perquisquilian1647

niffling1649

lazy1671

wanworth1724

little wortha1754

flimsy1756

waff1788

null1790

nothingy1801

nothingly1802

twopenny-halfpenny1809

not worth a flaw1810

garbage1817

peanut1836

duffing1839

trash1843

no-account1845

no-count1851

punky1859

rummagy1872

junky1880

skilligalee1883

footle1894

punk1896

wherry-go-nimble1901

junk1908

rinky-dink1913

schlock1916

tripe1927

duff1938

chickenshit1940

sheg-up1941

expendable1942

(strictly) for the birds1943

tripey1955

schlocky1960

naff1964

dipshit1968

cack1978

a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 116 The justice that so his promesse complysyth, For his wordes sake to worthilesse desert.

1590 J. Proctor in C. S. Right Relig. sig. Aiij I will leaue you, loth to keep you too long, perusing a worthilesse pamphlet.

1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina 432 That your liberty of matching one to your vertues, should have been forbidden you by the valueless Life of the worthiless Piseta.

1680 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1911) 45 236 Though I be but feckles and worthiles and unfit for such a work.

1753 S. Bourn Serm. Christian Relig. 35 Ignorant and worthiless, yet insolent and amusing.

1834 L. Joynes Hist. & Rhyme: Four Eng. Kings William 27 Who led a tyrannical, worthiless life, Unloved and unloving, nor took him a wife?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	worthiless
释义	† worthilessadj. Forms: 1500s worthilesse, 1500s worthyles, 1600s–1800s worthiless; also Scottish pre-1700 worthiles. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: worthy adj., -less suffix. Etymology: Apparently < worthy adj. + -less suffix. Compare later worthless adj. and earlier worthily adj. Obsolete. Without worth or merit; worthless. ΘΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > [adjective] forcouthc888 goodlesseOE undoughtya1225 voidc1380 bare1399 stark naught1528 worthilessa1542 queer1567 worthless1573 hilding1577 baggage1580 arrant1581 offal1588 lorel1590 losel1601 ragamuffin1602 loselled1606 loselly1611 valuelessa1616 ragamuffa1626 good-for-nothing1706 ne'er-do-well1773 rotten1813 neat1824 scamping1832 good-for-naught1835 no good1838 scampish1847 ne'er-do-wellish1890 no good1904 upter1919 never-do-well1933 the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > worthless naughteOE unworthc960 nought worthOE unworthya1240 vaina1300 lewd1362 base?1510 to be nothing toc1520 stark naught1528 nothing worth1535 worthilessa1542 draffish1543 baggage1548 dunghill?1555 valureless1563 toyish1572 worthless1573 out (forth) of door (also doors)1574 leaden1577 riff-raff1577 drafty1582 fecklessc1586 dudgeon?1589 nought-worth1589 tenpenny1592 wanwordy?a1595 shotten herring1598 nugatory1603 unvalued1604 priceless1614 unvaluable1615 valuelessa1616 waste1616 trashya1620 draffy1624 stramineous1624 invaluable1640 roly-poly?1645 nugatorious1646 perquisquilian1647 niffling1649 lazy1671 wanworth1724 little wortha1754 flimsy1756 waff1788 null1790 nothingy1801 nothingly1802 twopenny-halfpenny1809 not worth a flaw1810 garbage1817 peanut1836 duffing1839 trash1843 no-account1845 no-count1851 punky1859 rummagy1872 junky1880 skilligalee1883 footle1894 punk1896 wherry-go-nimble1901 junk1908 rinky-dink1913 schlock1916 tripe1927 duff1938 chickenshit1940 sheg-up1941 expendable1942 (strictly) for the birds1943 tripey1955 schlocky1960 naff1964 dipshit1968 cack1978 a1542 T. Wyatt Coll. Poems (1969) 116 The justice that so his promesse complysyth, For his wordes sake to worthilesse desert. 1590 J. Proctor in C. S. Right Relig. sig. Aiij I will leaue you, loth to keep you too long, perusing a worthilesse pamphlet. 1660 G. Mackenzie Aretina 432 That your liberty of matching one to your vertues, should have been forbidden you by the valueless Life of the worthiless Piseta. 1680 in Proc. Soc. Antiquaries Scotl. (1911) 45 236 Though I be but feckles and worthiles and unfit for such a work. 1753 S. Bourn Serm. Christian Relig. 35 Ignorant and worthiless, yet insolent and amusing. 1834 L. Joynes Hist. & Rhyme: Four Eng. Kings William 27 Who led a tyrannical, worthiless life, Unloved and unloving, nor took him a wife? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < adj.a1542
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