wistless

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English

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Etymology

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From wist +‎ -less.

Adjective

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wistless (comparative more wistless, superlative most wistless)

  1. (obsolete) Unknowing; unaware.
    • 1748, Glocester Ridley, “Psyche: or, The Great Metamorphosis”, in A collection of poems. By several hands., volume III, London:  [] R. Dodsley, Stanza XX, page 26:
      So ore Avernus, or the Luerine lake, / The wiſtleſs bird purſues his purpos'd flight: []