trothless

English

Etymology

From troth +‎ -less. Doublet of truthless.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹəʊθləs/

Adjective

trothless (comparative more trothless, superlative most trothless)

1. (archaic, poetic) untrustworthy, treacherous.

   Synonyms: guiled, proditorious, ratlike; see also Thesaurus:treacherous

   • 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem. […], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC:

     Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky.

References

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

Anagrams

• throstles