weaponless
English
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#WEAPONLESSCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#WEAPONLESS wepenles, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#WEAPONLESSCategory:English terms derived from Old English#WEAPONLESS wǣpenlēas, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WEAPONLESSCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WEAPONLESS *wēpnalausaz, equivalent to weapon + -lessCategory:English terms suffixed with -less#WEAPONLESS. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woapenloos (“weaponless”), Dutch wapenloos (“weaponless”), German waffenlos (“weaponless”), Danish våbenløs (“weaponless”), Swedish vapenlös (“weaponless”), Icelandic vopnlaus (“weaponless”).
Adjective
weaponless (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#WEAPONLESSCategory:English adjectives#WEAPONLESSCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#WEAPONLESSCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WEAPONLESSCategory:Pages with entries#WEAPONLESSCategory:Pages with 1 entry#WEAPONLESS
- Lacking a weapon.
- Synonym: (more common) unarmed
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- Summerlee was weaponless, but I was emptying my magazine as quick as I could fire, and on the further flank we heard the continuous cracking of our companion's rifles.Category:English terms with quotations#WEAPONLESS