单词 | haveless |
释义 | haveless/ˈheɪvləs/(also haaveless, haiveless, haweless) adjective 1Without possessions; poor, destitute. Also: that does not have something specified. Also as noun: a destitute person; (with the) destitute people as a class. rare after Middle English. 2 Scottish. Of words, speech, etc.: having no meaning or significance; empty. Now chiefly literary. 3 English regional ( Lincolnshire ). Badly behaved, ill-mannered, rude. 4 Scottish and English regional ( midlands ). Lacking resourcefulness; helpless, incapable, incompetent. OriginOld English. Originally (i) from Old English haefen the action or fact of having something, possession, property + -less; with the first element compare Old Icelandic hǫfn, in the same sense. |
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