thewless
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of thewless
First recorded in 1300–50, thewless is from the Middle English word theweles. See thew, -less
Example Sentences
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A thrust of thy sword is as thewless As thou, silly stirrer of battle.
From The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald by Collingwood, W. G. (William Gershom)
I declare I grow rotten and thewless in this dull Plassenburg, where they dare not stick so much as a knife in one another, all for fear of Karl Miller's Son!
From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
As he strode past Mr Bloom's dental windows the sway of his dustcoat brushed rudely from its angle a slender tapping cane and swept onwards, having buffeted a thewless body.
From Ulysses by Joyce, James
He was a quiet, thewless, pleasantly conforming man, that was willing to let his hearing of the curates keep his head.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
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