thewless

The English word “thewless” has 2 meanings listed here.

adjective

Lacking morals or virtue.
Lacking vigour or energy; listless; weak; nerveless.

Etymology

From Middle English thewless, theweles, from Old English þēawlēas, equivalent to thew (“strength; virtue; vigour”) + -less. Cognate with Scots thowless.

Keep exploring: in the interactive dictionary every word of a definition is a link. Open “thewless” there

More English words

thevetioside
thevofoline
thew
thewed
thewlessness
thewness
thewsome
thewy

About this dictionary

The English dictionary on Glottosphere has 650,529 entries with a page. Browse the English dictionary.

Definitions are from Wiktionary, extracted by Kaikki.org, and are available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.