witeless

English

Etymology

From wite +‎ -less.

Adjective

witeless (comparative more witeless, superlative most witeless)

1. (obsolete) blameless
   • 1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “August. Ægloga Octaua.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC:

     Ne can Willie wite the witeless heardgroome

References

• “witeless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.