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Definition of Pithless
1. a. Destitute of pith, or of strength; feeble.
Definition of Pithless
1. Adjective. Lacking strength or pith; weak. ¹
2. Adjective. Not cogent. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pithless
1. lacking force [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pithless
Literary usage of Pithless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1905)
"Yea,' says he, ' it seems to me that there are many most pithless fellows gathered
together here.' Thormod answers, ' Maybe that there are men here that ..."
2. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, Aeneas James George Mackay, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"Till after the death of that dried-up, pithless fellow, who was of no avail in
chamber. Drupe= a dried-up, pithless fellow. See 1. 192, and note. 374. ..."
3. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... pithless, marrowless; from the Gaelic ... weak, marrowless, pithless, vapid,
insipid; from the Gaelic ..."
4. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... pithless, marrowless; from the Gaelic ... weak, marrowless, pithless, vapid,
insipid; from the Gaelic ..."
5. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1899)
"... for regarding the medullated central cylinder, where it occurs among the
Cryptogams, as derived from the dilatation of an originally pithless stele. ..."
6. Origines Islandicae: A Collection of the More Important Sagas and Other by Guðbrandur Vigfússon, Frederick York Powell (1905)
"Yea,' says he, ' it seems to me that there are many most pithless fellows gathered
together here.' Thormod answers, ' Maybe that there are men here that ..."
7. The Poems of William Dunbar by William Dunbar, Aeneas James George Mackay, George Powell McNeill (1893)
"Till after the death of that dried-up, pithless fellow, who was of no avail in
chamber. Drupe= a dried-up, pithless fellow. See 1. 192, and note. 374. ..."
8. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... pithless, marrowless; from the Gaelic ... weak, marrowless, pithless, vapid,
insipid; from the Gaelic ..."
9. A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch: With an Introductory Chapter Onthe Poetry by Charles Mackay (1888)
"... pithless, marrowless; from the Gaelic ... weak, marrowless, pithless, vapid,
insipid; from the Gaelic ..."
10. Transactions of the Canadian Institute by Canadian Institute (1849-1914). (1899)
"... for regarding the medullated central cylinder, where it occurs among the
Cryptogams, as derived from the dilatation of an originally pithless stele. ..."
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