graceless

Definition

Without grace.

Etymology

From Middle English graceles; equivalent to grace + -less.

Example Sentences

• "Such dutie as the ſubject owes the Prince, / Euen ſuch a woman oweth to her husband: / And when ſhe is froward, peeuiſh, ſullen, ſowre, / And not obedient to his honeſt will, / What is ſhe but a foule contending Rebell / And graceleſſe Traitor to her louing Lord?"
• "For Modes of Faith let graceleſs Zealots fight; / His can't be wrong whoſe Life is in the right."
• "Not by one measure mayst thou mete our love; / For how should I be loved as I love thee? — / I, graceless, joyless, lacking absolutely / All gifts that with thy queenship best behove; — […]"