Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bootless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.48 in modern English

Syllables: boot-less
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without boots.

adj

Profitless; pointless; unavailing.

Example Sentences

"I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers."
"When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, / I all alone beweep my outcast state / And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries"
"APRIL FOOL, Any one imposed on, or sent on a bootless errand on the first of April, on which day it is the custom among the lower people, children, and servants, by dropping empty papers carefully doubled up, sending persons on absurd messages, and such like contrivances, to impose on every one they can, and then to salute them with the title of April-fool."
"The lieutenant tried the handle again, but still his efforts were quite bootless. He pushed and kicked, but the door was a strong one."

Etymology

From Middle English bootles, botelees; equivalent to boot + -less.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: bootles, boteles, bōtlēas
Suffix: boot#Etymology_1, boot#Etymology_2

Inflected Forms

more bootless (comparative) most bootless (superlative) boteless (alternative)

Derived Forms

bootlessly bootlessness

Synonyms

fruitless futile sleeveless vain

Questions

What does bootless mean?: Without boots.
Where does bootless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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