Word Meanings - VIRTUELESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless. Virtueless she wished all herbs and charms. Fairfax.
Related words: (words related to VIRTUELESS)
- OPERATIC; OPERATICAL
Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera. - WITHOUT-DOOR
Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak. - WITHOUTFORTH
Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer. - EFFICACY
Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. "Of noxious efficacy." Milton. Syn. -- Virtue; force; - OPERATIVE
A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory. - VIRTUELESS
Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless. Virtueless she wished all herbs and charms. Fairfax. - OPERATION
Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols. (more info) 1. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral. - WISHER
One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish. Shak. - WISHEDLY
According to wish; conformably to desire. Chapman. - WISHY-WASHY
A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash. - DESTITUTENESS
Destitution. Ash. - DESTITUTE
1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke. - POWERLESS
Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect. -- Pow"er*less*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*less*ness, n. - WITHOUTEN
Without. Chaucer. - OPERATOR
One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments. 3. A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect. - VIRTUE
One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. Milton. Cardinal virtues. See under Cardinal, a. -- In, or By, virtue of, through the force of; by authority of. "He used to travel through Greece by - OPERATORY
A laboratory. - WISHFUL
1. Having desire, or ardent desire; longing. 2. Showing desire; as, wishful eyes. From Scotland am I stolen, even of pure love To greet mine own land with my wishful sight. Shak. 3. Desirable; exciting wishes. Chapman. -- Wish"ful*ly, adv. -- - WISHTONWISH
The prairie dog. - SALLOWISH
Somewhat sallow. Dickens. - ILL-WISHER
One who wishes ill to another; an enemy. - RAWISH
Somewhat raw. Marston. - IMPROPERATION
The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne - FOREWISH
To wish beforehand. - SHADOWISH
Shadowy; vague. Hooker. - TALLOWISH
Having the qualities of tallow. - WISTONWISH
See WISHTONWISH - PROPERATE
To hasten, or press forward. - WILLOWISH
Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy. Walton. - WELL-WISH
A wish of happiness. "A well-wish for his friends." Addison. - COOPERATOR
One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Coöperators with the truth." Boyle. - COEFFICACY
Joint efficacy.