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Word Meanings - VIRTUELESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless. Virtueless she wished all herbs and charms. Fairfax.

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  • 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.

 

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