Word Meanings - VIRTUELESS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless. Virtueless she wished all herbs and charms. Fairfax.

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• OPERATIC; OPERATICAL
  Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera.
• WITHOUT-DOOR
  Outdoor; exterior. "Her without-door form." Shak.
• WITHOUTFORTH
  Without; outside' outwardly. Cf. Withinforth. Chaucer.
• EFFICACY
  Power to produce effects; operation or energy of an agent or force; production of the effect intended; as, the efficacy of medicine in counteracting disease; the efficacy of prayer. "Of noxious efficacy." Milton. Syn. -- Virtue; force;
• OPERATIVE
  A skilled worker; an artisan; esp., one who operates a machine in a mill or manufactory.
• VIRTUELESS
  Destitute of virtue; without efficacy or operating qualities; powerless. Virtueless she wished all herbs and charms. Fairfax.
• OPERATION
  Something to be done; some transformation to be made upon quantities, the transformation being indicated either by rules or symbols. (more info) 1. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
• WISHER
  One who wishes or desires; one who expresses a wish. Shak.
• WISHEDLY
  According to wish; conformably to desire. Chapman.
• WISHY-WASHY
  A weak or thin drink or liquor; wish-wash.
• DESTITUTENESS
  Destitution. Ash.
• DESTITUTE
  1. Forsaken; not having in possession (something necessary, or desirable); deficient; lacking; devoid; -- often followed by of. In thee is my trust; leave not my soul destitute. Ps. cxli. 8. Totally destitute of all shadow of influence. Burke.
• POWERLESS
  Destitute of power, force, or energy; weak; impotent; not able to produce any effect. -- Pow"er*less*ly, adv. -- Pow"er*less*ness, n.
• WITHOUTEN
  Without. Chaucer.
• OPERATOR
  One who performs some act upon the human body by means of the hand, or with instruments. 3. A dealer in stocks or any commodity for speculative purposes; a speculator. (more info) 1. One who, or that which, operates or produces an effect.
• VIRTUE
  One of the orders of the celestial hierarchy. Thrones, dominations, princedoms, virtues, powers. Milton. Cardinal virtues. See under Cardinal, a. -- In, or By, virtue of, through the force of; by authority of. "He used to travel through Greece by
• OPERATORY
  A laboratory.
• WISHFUL
  1. Having desire, or ardent desire; longing. 2. Showing desire; as, wishful eyes. From Scotland am I stolen, even of pure love To greet mine own land with my wishful sight. Shak. 3. Desirable; exciting wishes. Chapman. -- Wish"ful*ly, adv. --
• WISHTONWISH
  The prairie dog.
• SALLOWISH
  Somewhat sallow. Dickens.
• ILL-WISHER
  One who wishes ill to another; an enemy.
• RAWISH
  Somewhat raw. Marston.
• IMPROPERATION
  The act of upbraiding or taunting; a reproach; a taunt. Improperatios and terms of scurrility. Sir T. Browne
• FOREWISH
  To wish beforehand.
• SHADOWISH
  Shadowy; vague. Hooker.
• TALLOWISH
  Having the qualities of tallow.
• WISTONWISH
  See WISHTONWISH
• PROPERATE
  To hasten, or press forward.
• WILLOWISH
  Having the color of the willow; resembling the willow; willowy. Walton.
• WELL-WISH
  A wish of happiness. "A well-wish for his friends." Addison.
• COOPERATOR
  One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Coöperators with the truth." Boyle.
• COEFFICACY
  Joint efficacy.