weetless

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English

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Etymology

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From weet +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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weetless (comparative more weetless, superlative most weetless)

  1. (archaic) Unknowing, unconscious.
  2. (obsolete) Meaningless.
    • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “Iulye. Ægloga Septima.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: [], London: [] Hugh Singleton, [], →OCLC:
      Syker, thous but a laesie loord, and rekes much of thy swinck, / That with fond termes, and weetlesse words to blere myne eyes doest thinke.