spiritless

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?

Latin spīrō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin spīrituslbor.

Old French espiritbor.

Middle English spirit

English spirit

Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der.

Proto-Germanic *leusaną

Proto-Germanic *lausaz

Proto-Germanic *-lausaz

Proto-West Germanic *-laus

Old English -lēas

Middle English -les

English -less

English spiritless

From spirit + -less.

Adjective

spiritless (comparative more spiritless, superlative most spiritless)

1. Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.

   Synonyms: languid, low-spirited; see also Thesaurus:apathetic, Thesaurus:sad

   The team played a spiritless first half, just going through the motions. But the realization they were playing for their sick friend energized them for the second half.

Derived terms

• spiritlessly
• spiritlessness

Translations

lacking energy or emotion

• Bulgarian: бездушен (bg) (bezdušen)
• Greek:

  Ancient Greek: ἄθυμος (áthumos)

• Irish: anábhailleach, marbhánta
• Māori: waitau
• Spanish: apocado (es)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: كوشك (gevşek)