different between aweless vs axeless

English

Alternative forms

• awless (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English awles; equivalent to awe +? -less, cognate with Old English ?geléas (“aweless”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???l?s/, /-l?s/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l?s/, /-l?s/
• Hyphenation: awe?less

Adjective

aweless (comparative more aweless, superlative most aweless)

1. Without fear; fearless, unafraid.
2. Wanting reverence; void of respectful fear; irreverent.
3. (obsolete) Inspiring no awe.

Synonyms

• (without fear): see Thesaurus:brave
• (wanting reverence): presumptuous, rude; see also Thesaurus:impolite

Antonyms

• awesome
• awful (now rare), awefull (obsolete)

Derived terms

• awelessly
• awelessness

Anagrams

• Waleses, weasels

English

Etymology

axe +? -less

Adjective

axeless (not comparable)

1. Without an axe.
   • 1905, Scottish Mountaineering club journal: Volume 8

     ...it was probably this condition that caused the fatal accident to an ice-axeless tourist on Ben More ten or a dozen years ago.