different between aweless vs awnless

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

awn +? -less

Adjective

awnless (comparative more awnless, superlative most awnless)

1. Without awns or beard.

Synonyms

• beardless

References

• awnless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• William Dwight Whitney and Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1914) , “awnless”, in The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language, volume I (A–C), revised edition, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., OCLC 1078064371.