Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sackless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sack-less
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without a sack.

adj

Blameless, guiltless, innocent.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"The first act consisted of dancing, capering, and tumbling, by about twenty men, enveloped in sacks […] At length, at a given signal by the manager, the whole troop of actors rushed to the spot; they were then sackless, but their features were effectually concealed by masks reaching to the bosom."
"[…] And where that sackless knight lies slain, […] The candles will burn bright."
"[…] and how Thorir of Garth would not that Grettir should be made sackless."

Etymology

Etymology tree English sack 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 sackless From sack + -less.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: sakles, saclēas, *sakalausaz
Suffix: sake

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

more sackless (comparative) most sackless (superlative) sakeless (alternative) saikless (alternative, Scotland) saickless (alternative, Scotland)

Synonyms

blameless clean clean-handed clean as a hound's tooth clean as a whistle clear dovelike guiltless innocent innocent as the babe unborn innocent as the child unborn irreprehensible

Questions

What does sackless mean?: Without a sack.
Where does sackless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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