Governless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without government; ungoverned; anarchic. not-comparable, rare

    "Oh! the heart is a free and a governless thing! / Hence strangely and madly it often will cling / To a glance of the eye, and a smile of the cheek, […]"

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rantipolewanton

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"Oh! the heart is a free and a governless thing! / Hence strangely and madly it often will cling / To a glance of the eye, and a smile of the cheek, […]"

Etymology

From govern + -less.

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