sackless
sackless adjective: without a sack.
Adjective (1)
sackless (not comparable)
- Without a sack.
- 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.1830, The Spirit of the English Magazines, page 200
Adjective (2)
sackless (comparative more sackless, superlative most sackless)
- Blameless, guiltless, innocent.
- […] And where that sackless knight lies slain, […]
The candles will burn bright.1838, Walter Scott, The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: with the author's introductions and notes, page 196 - […] and how Thorir of Garth would not that Grettir should be made sackless.1900, Eiríkur Magnússon, William Morris, The Story of Grettir the Strong, page 149
- […] And where that sackless knight lies slain, […]
sackless meaning in Tamil and Urdu
sackless in Tamil
- கள்ளங்கபடற்ற, வெள்ளையுள்ளம் படைத்த, கேடற்ற, பலக்குறைவு மனம்படைத்த
sackless in Urdu
- بھولا, کمزور, سیدھا سادھا, معصوم, بے گناہ, بے ضرر
Synonyms of sackless
- blameless
- clean
- clean-handed
- clean as a hound's tooth
- clean as a whistle
- clear
- dovelike
- guiltless
- innocent
- innocent as the babe unborn
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Forms of sackless
| comparative | more sackless |
|---|---|
| superlative | most sackless |
| alternative form | sakeless |
| alternative Scotland | saikless |
| alternative Scotland | saickless |
Origin of sackless
From sack + -less.
From Middle English sakles, sacless (“innocent”), from Old English saclēas (“free from charge, innocent, safe”), from Proto-Germanic *sakalausaz (“free from accusation”), equivalent to sake + -less. Cognate with Danish sagesløs (“blameless”), Swedish saklös (“blamesless”), Icelandic saklaus (“innocent”), Faroese sakleysur (“unoffending, innocent”). More at sake, -less.
Questions about sackless
- What does sackless mean?
- Sackless means without a sack.
- What is sackless in Tamil?
- Sackless in Tamil is கள்ளங்கபடற்ற, வெள்ளையுள்ளம் படைத்த, கேடற்ற. See Sackless meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sackless?
- Sackless is an adjective.
Words near sackless in the dictionary
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