lawless

形容词 adj.

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Not governed by any law.
  2. Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.
    — This countrey ſwarmes with vile outragious men, That liue by rapine and by lawleſſe ſpoile, Fit ſouldiers for the wicked Tamburlaine.
  3. Not restrained by the law or by discipline; disorderly, unruly.
    — On why leaving lawless places and leaving pseudovirtuous groups is loving such places and groups

词形变化

more lawless comparative most lawless superlative

词汇关系

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.
Proto-Germanic *lagą
Old Norse lag
Old Norse lǫgbor.
Old English lagu
Middle English lawe
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
Middle English laweles
English lawless
From Middle English laweles; equivalent to law + -less. Cognate with Danish lovløs (“lawless”), Swedish laglös (“lawless”), Norwegian lovløs (“lawless”), Icelandic löglaus (“lawless”).
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