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Webster 1913 Edition

Deedless

Deed′less

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Adj.

Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.

Deedless

in his tongue.

Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Deedless

DEEDLESS

,

Adj.

Inactive; not performing or having performed deeds or exploits.

Definition 2024

deedless

deedless

English

Adjective

deedless ‎(comparative more deedless, superlative most deedless)

(obsolete) Helpless; not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.
- 1602, William Shakespeare, Troilus and Cressida, Act IV, Scene v, line 97:
  firm of word, / Speaking in deeds and deedless in his tongue

Related terms

dateless

Translations

inactive

Dutch: dadeloos (nl)

References

Chambers's Etymological Dictionary, 1896, p. 114
deedless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913