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English
Etymology
From Middle English giltles, gultles, gyltles, from Old English *gyltlēas, equivalent to guilt + -less. Compare Old English sċyldlēas (“guiltless”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
guiltless (comparative more guiltless, superlative most guiltless)
- Free from guilt; innocent.
- Without experience or trial; unacquainted (with).
- (humorous) Not encumbered with; free from.
1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 301:Their spears, wommeras, and boomerangs are guiltless of ornamentation, and save in a very few instances no idea of art seems to belong to the race.
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References
- “guiltless”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “guiltless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.