witchless

English

Etymology

From witch +‎ -less.

Adjective

witchless (not comparable)

1. Without witches.
   • 1993, Plays and players, numbers 466-477, page 15:

     I have never favoured the witchless approach to Macbeth. Once the necromantic imperative driving the central characters has been hacked out, the play turns into pointless, gory thriller.

   • 2006, Dani Cavallaro, The Animé Art of Hayao Miyazaki, page 83:

     In depicting the protagonist's rite-of-passage move to a witchless town and survival therein by her skills, Kiki also places considerable emphasis on the values of politeness and propriety […]

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