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sackless en · ADJ · etymology 1

Etymology

Etymology tree English sack 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 sackless From sack + -less.

Meanings

  1. (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:

sackless en · ADJ · etymology 2

Etymology

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.

Meanings

  1. (Northern-England, archaic, poetic, qualifier:provincial) Blameless, guiltless, innocent.
    • […] 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, […] The candles will burn bright. 1838, Walter Scott, The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott: with the author's introductions and notes, page 196:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
sakeless alternative lexicographic
saikless Scotland, alternative lexicographic
more sackless Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most sackless Degree=Sup lexicographic
saickless Scotland, alternative lexicographic

Synonyms

pure · righteous · clean-handed · offenseless · sinless · dovelike · irreprehensible · uncalculating · innocent as the child unborn · clean as a hound's tooth · not guilty · clean · sackless · guiltless · unblameworthy · blameless · clear · innocent · nonblameworthy · innocent as the babe unborn · clean as a whistle · unguilty · unblameable