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Definition of Menseless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Menseless
Literary usage of Menseless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Whistle-Binkie: Or, The Piper of the Party: Being a Collection of Songs for by John Donald Carrick, Alexander Rodger, David Robertson (1878)
"Now, thou's neither milk nor meal, Senseless body, menseless body, Butter"d cake,
... Poor menseless, senseless body. Gif sober housewife say thou's wrang, ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Auld Vandal, ye but show your little mense, The Brigs o/Ayr. 6. Menseless [Ill-bred,
void of discretion]. Like ither menseless, graceless brutes. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Destitute of grace, propriety, or moderation; uncivil; immoderate. [Scotch and prov.
Eng.] No to rin an' weal' his cloots, Like ither menseless, ..."
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