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Etymology 1
From Middle English bootles, botelees; equivalent to boot + -less.
Adjective
bootless (not comparable)
- Without boots.
Etymology 2
From Middle English boteles, botles, from Old English bōtlēas; equivalent to boot (“profit; use; behoof”) + -less. Doublet of botleas.
Adjective
bootless (comparative more bootless, superlative most bootless)
- Profitless; pointless; unavailing.
c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :I'll follow him no more with bootless prayers.
1844, Sir John William Kaye, Peregrine Pultuney: or, Life in India, page 251:The lieutenant tried the handle again, but still his efforts were quite bootless. He pushed and kicked, but the door was a strong one.
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