learnless

Uneducated, educationless, bookless.

Adjective

  1. Uneducated, educationless, bookless.
    • But to make known this learnleſs Boor, / His Education to explore. - 1766, Thomas Sadler, “Bunch Hesperus: or, The Mock-Artist: A Burleſque Poem.”, in Poems on various subjects. To which is added, The merry miller: or,...
    • Prot. This your exception is to no purpose ; for that age was a learnless and a witless age. - 1809 [1610], Alexander Cooke, “Pope Joan : A Dialogue between a Protestant and a Papist”, in William Oldys, editor, The...
    • These and such like errors (errors hateful to an upright mind) commonly by learnless heads are reputed for Love’s Kingdom. - 1846, Edward Arber, “To the Reader”, in An English Garner: Ingatherings From Our History And...

Origin

From learn + -less.

Forms

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