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aweless

American  
[aw-lis] / ˈɔ lɪs /
Or awless

adjective

  1. displaying no awe; unawed.

  2. not to be awed; fearless.

  3. rude; impertinent.


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Etymology

Origin of aweless

before 900; Middle English, Old English; see awe, -less

Example Sentences

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Time, and thy charms, thou fanciest will redeem     Yon aweless Libertine from rooted vice.

From Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace by Seward, Anna

Sorrow closes the lot of such aweless, unbridled madness: stability is for the calmly reverent life, knitting whole houses in sweet domestic harmony.

From Story of Orestes A Condensation of the Trilogy by Moulton, Richard Green

Overhead, an aweless eagle, rising wing above wing says to his sweetheart, "It is my opinion God made these mountains for no other reason than that you and I might build our nest in them....."

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

Her aweless spirit failed   For weariness nor fainted, but her might   Was adamantine.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

Bold-hearted child of aweless Aeacus' son,   This as beseems a hero princely and brave,   Dauntlessly trusting in thy strength, thou say'st.

From The Fall of Troy by Way, Arthur Sanders

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