ˈwontless, a. poet. Obs. or arch.
[f. wont n. + -less.]
Unaccustomed, unwonted, unusual.
| 1587 T. Hughes Misfort. Arthur i. ii, That both my hart and marrow quite be burnt, And synewes dried with force of woontlesse flames. 1596 Spenser Hymn Hon. Beauty 2 What wontlesse fury dost thou now inspire Into my feeble breast? 1628 Mure Fancies Farewell i. 12 Mounted on wings of immortalitie, I feele my brest warmde with a wountless fire. 1795 Southey Joan of Arc vi. 349 He,..all astonish'd at their force And wontless valour, rages round the field. 1855 Singleton Virgil vi. 21 Daedalus..Along a wontless region floated off To th' icy Bears. |