aidless

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English

Etymology

From aid +‎ -less.

Adjective

aidless (comparative more aidless, superlative most aidless)

  1. Without aid.
    • 1637, John Milton, Comus, London: Humphrey Robinson, p. 20,
      I found the place
      Where that dam’d wisard hid in slie-disguise
      (For so by certain signs I knew) had met
      Alreadie, ere my best speed could praevent
      The aidlesse innocent Ladie his wish’t prey,
    • 1842, Alfred, Lord Tennyson, “Morte d’Arthur”, in Poems‎, volume 2, London: Moxon, page 6:
      It is not meet, Sir King, to leave thee thus, / Aidless, alone, and smitten through the helm.
  2. Without mechanical assistance.
    Aidless navigation has the advantage of not requiring equipment, but is much less accurate.

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