Plightless
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Devoid of plight
"Finally arrives the prospect of storing up a “potentiality” of powers which can be sufficient, in the most plightless moment of the age of the complete lack of a sense of plight, to deliver up the globe, along with its atmosphere, to an explosive charge."
Example
More examples"Finally arrives the prospect of storing up a “potentiality” of powers which can be sufficient, in the most plightless moment of the age of the complete lack of a sense of plight, to deliver up the globe, along with its atmosphere, to an explosive charge."
Etymology
From Middle English plightles, plyȝtles, equivalent to plight + -less.
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