English Explanatory Dictionary

craftless

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Without craft; unskilled.
adj
  1. Without craft; boatless, etc.

Word forms

craftless

Etymology

From Middle English craftles, creftleas, from Old English cræftlēas (“artless, unskilful, innocent, simple, inexpert”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftulaus, equivalent to craft + -less. Cognate with West Frisian krêftleas (“powerless”), Dutch krachteloos (“powerless”), German kraftlos (“powerless”).

Derived words

craftlessness
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