Weaponless
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Lacking a weapon. not-comparable
"Summerlee was weaponless, but I was emptying my magazine as quick as I could fire, and on the further flank we heard the continuous cracking of our companion's rifles."
Adjective
- 1 without a weapon wordnet
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More examples"Summerlee was weaponless, but I was emptying my magazine as quick as I could fire, and on the further flank we heard the continuous cracking of our companion's rifles."
Etymology
From Middle English wepenles, from Old English wǣpenlēas, from Proto-Germanic *wēpnalausaz, equivalent to weapon + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woapenloos (“weaponless”), Dutch wapenloos (“weaponless”), German waffenlos (“weaponless”), Danish våbenløs (“weaponless”), Swedish vapenlös (“weaponless”), Icelandic vopnlaus (“weaponless”).