Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

respectless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
re-spect-less
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without respect; disrespectful.

adj

Regardless.

Obsolete

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Latin respiciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin respectus Old French respectbor. Middle English respect English respect 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 respectless From respect + -less.

Usage

Inflected Forms

more respectless (comparative) most respectless (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does respectless mean?
Without respect; disrespectful.
Where does respectless come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Latin respiciō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin respectus Old French respectbor. Middle English respect English respect 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 respectless From respect + -less.

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