trothless
English
Etymology
From troth + -less. Doublet of truthless.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹəʊθləs/
Adjective
trothless (comparative more trothless, superlative most trothless)
- (archaic, poetic) untrustworthy, 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.