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wistless

wistless adjective: unknowing; unaware.

Adjective

wistless (comparative more wistless, superlative most wistless)

  1. (obsolete) Unknowing; unaware.
    • So ore Avernus, or the Luerine lake, / The wiſtleſs bird purſues his purpos'd flight: […]1748, Glocester Ridley, “Psyche: or, The Great Metamorphosis”, in A collection of poems. By several hands., volume III, London: […] R. Dodsley, Stanza XX, page 26

Forms of wistless

comparativemore wistless
superlativemost wistless

Origin of wistless

From wist + -less.

Questions about wistless

What does wistless mean?
Wistless means unknowing; unaware.
What part of speech is wistless?
Wistless is an adjective.

Words near wistless in the dictionary

  1. wistfulness
  2. wistfulnesses
  3. wisting
  4. wistiti
  5. wistitis
  6. wistless
  7. wistly
  8. Wiston
  9. wistonwish
  10. wistonwishes
  11. Wistow

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