aidless
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Without aid.
adj
Without mechanical assistance.
Example Sentences
- "1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 20, I found the place Where that dam’d wisard hid in slie-disguise (For so by certain signs I knew) had met Alreadie, ere my best speed could praevent The aidlesse innocent Ladie his wish’t prey,"
- "It is not meet, Sir King, to leave thee thus, / Aidless, alone, and smitten through the helm."
- "Aidless navigation has the advantage of not requiring equipment, but is much less accurate."
Etymology
Etymology tree English aid 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 aidless From aid + -less.
Inflected Forms
more aidless (comparative)
most aidless (superlative)