"mightless" meaning in English

See mightless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more mightless [comparative], most mightless [superlative]
Etymology: From Middle English mightles, from Old English mihtlēas, mihtelēas, from Proto-Germanic *mahtilausaz; equivalent to might + -less. Cognate with Scots michtles, Saterland Frisian machtloos, West Frisian machteleas, Dutch machteloos, German Low German machtlos, German machtlos, Swedish maktlös, Icelandic máttlaus. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|mightles}} Middle English mightles, {{inh|en|ang|mihtlēas}} Old English mihtlēas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*mahtilausaz}} Proto-Germanic *mahtilausaz, {{suffix|en|might|less}} might + -less, {{cog|sco|michtles}} Scots michtles, {{cog|stq|machtloos}} Saterland Frisian machtloos, {{cog|fy|machteleas}} West Frisian machteleas, {{cog|nl|machteloos}} Dutch machteloos, {{cog|nds-de|machtlos}} German Low German machtlos, {{cog|de|machtlos}} German machtlos, {{cog|sv|maktlös}} Swedish maktlös, {{cog|is|máttlaus}} Icelandic máttlaus Head templates: {{en-adj}} mightless (comparative more mightless, superlative most mightless)
  1. Lacking in might or vigour; powerless; weak.
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mightles"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mightles",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "mihtlēas"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mihtlēas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mahtilausaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mahtilausaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "might",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "might + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "michtles"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots michtles",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "machtloos"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian machtloos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "machteleas"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian machteleas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "machteloos"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch machteloos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "machtlos"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German machtlos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "machtlos"
      },
      "expansion": "German machtlos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "maktlös"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish maktlös",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "máttlaus"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic máttlaus",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English mightles, from Old English mihtlēas, mihtelēas, from Proto-Germanic *mahtilausaz; equivalent to might + -less. Cognate with Scots michtles, Saterland Frisian machtloos, West Frisian machteleas, Dutch machteloos, German Low German machtlos, German machtlos, Swedish maktlös, Icelandic máttlaus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more mightless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most mightless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mightless (comparative more mightless, superlative most mightless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mightful"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms suffixed with -less",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Dianne Drake, Lilly's Law, page 153:",
          "text": "So the mightless Tannenbaum, with two cups of wine in hand, plus a burger, chased Lilly back down as Ezra scooted into the shadows, leaving her to face the mayor all by herself.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking in might or vigour; powerless; weak."
      ],
      "id": "en-mightless-en-adj-ioO2L--v",
      "links": [
        [
          "might",
          "might"
        ],
        [
          "vigour",
          "vigour"
        ],
        [
          "powerless",
          "powerless"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mightless"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "mightles"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English mightles",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ang",
        "3": "mihtlēas"
      },
      "expansion": "Old English mihtlēas",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*mahtilausaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *mahtilausaz",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "might",
        "3": "less"
      },
      "expansion": "might + -less",
      "name": "suffix"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sco",
        "2": "michtles"
      },
      "expansion": "Scots michtles",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "machtloos"
      },
      "expansion": "Saterland Frisian machtloos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fy",
        "2": "machteleas"
      },
      "expansion": "West Frisian machteleas",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "machteloos"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch machteloos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "machtlos"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German machtlos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "machtlos"
      },
      "expansion": "German machtlos",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "maktlös"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish maktlös",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "is",
        "2": "máttlaus"
      },
      "expansion": "Icelandic máttlaus",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English mightles, from Old English mihtlēas, mihtelēas, from Proto-Germanic *mahtilausaz; equivalent to might + -less. Cognate with Scots michtles, Saterland Frisian machtloos, West Frisian machteleas, Dutch machteloos, German Low German machtlos, German machtlos, Swedish maktlös, Icelandic máttlaus.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more mightless",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most mightless",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "mightless (comparative more mightless, superlative most mightless)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "mightful"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English adjectives",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English terms derived from Middle English",
        "English terms derived from Old English",
        "English terms derived from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms inherited from Middle English",
        "English terms inherited from Old English",
        "English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic",
        "English terms suffixed with -less",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2004, Dianne Drake, Lilly's Law, page 153:",
          "text": "So the mightless Tannenbaum, with two cups of wine in hand, plus a burger, chased Lilly back down as Ezra scooted into the shadows, leaving her to face the mayor all by herself.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Lacking in might or vigour; powerless; weak."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "might",
          "might"
        ],
        [
          "vigour",
          "vigour"
        ],
        [
          "powerless",
          "powerless"
        ],
        [
          "weak",
          "weak"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "mightless"
}

Download raw JSONL data for mightless meaning in English (2.8kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-03-23 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-03-21 using wiktextract (fef8596 and 633533e). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.