˜yÐÄvlog

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thewless

[ thyoo-lis ]

adjective

  1. cowardly; timid.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of thewless1

First recorded in 1300–50, thewless is from the Middle English word theweles. See thew, -less
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Example Sentences

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He was a quiet, thewless, pleasantly conforming man, that was willing to let his hearing of the curates keep his head.

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THEWLESS, THOULESS, THIEVLESS, adj. unprofitable; useless; feeble.

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I declare I grow rotten and thewless in this dull Plassenburg, where they dare not stick so much as a knife in one another, all for fear of Karl Miller's Son!

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A thrust of thy sword is as thewless As thou, silly stirrer of battle.

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As he strode past Mr Bloom's dental windows the sway of his dustcoat brushed rudely from its angle a slender tapping cane and swept onwards, having buffeted a thewless body.

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