gutless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Etymology tree English gut 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 gutless From gut + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a gut.
This approach was firstly used in a metagenomic context to study the microbial community associated with the gutless worm Olavius algarvensis.
2015 November 16, Lanjuan Li, Infectious Microecology: Theory and Applications, Springer, →ISBN, page 213:
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(informal, not-comparable) Cowardly; lacking courage or morals.
No, you lied to me. You lied to me because you're gutless. You're a gutless drunken loser.
1996, Eric Bogosian, SubUrbia (motion picture), spoken by Jeff (Giovanni Ribisi):
Deriveds
gutlessness · gutlessly · gutless wonder
Synonyms
cowhearted · nerveless · courageless · miching · poor-spirited · rabbit-hearted · boneless · cowardly · soft · timorous · recrayed · kiasi · niddering · invalorous · yellow · poltroonish · mouse-hearted · dastardly · niding · wimpish · mousy · punk · liver-faced · milk-livered · low-hearted · spineless · backboneless · nidering · base · weak-kneed · hen-hearted · lily-livered · unhearty · cowish · fearful · chickenshit · dastard · gizzardless · white-livered · gutless · chicken · retromingent · dough-faced · craven · fainthearted · fraidy · caitiff · cravenhearted · bitch-ass · sissy · invertebrate · milky · chicken-livered · dickless · cringey · yellow-bellied · pussylike · pusillanimous · heartless · nithing · timid · pigeon-livered · candy-assed · nutless · cowardish · chicken-hearted · ratlike · cowardy · white-hearted · liver-hearted