teachless
English
Etymology
Adjective
teachless (comparative more teachless, superlative most teachless)
- (archaic) Not teachable; incorrigible.
- 1818-1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Julian and Maddalo
- […] if man be
The passive thing you say, I should not see
Much harm in the religions and old saws
(Tho' I may never own such leaden laws)
Which break a teachless nature to the yoke.
- […] if man be
- 1818-1819, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Julian and Maddalo
References
- “teachless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.