Definition of Menseless

1. Adjective. (Ulster) ill-bred ¹

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Definition of Menseless

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Menseless

mens rea
mens store
mensae
mensal
mensal line
mensas
mensch
menschen
mensches
menschier
menschlike
menschy
mense
mensed
menseful
menseless (current term)
menservants
mensh
menshed
menshen
menshes
menshing
mensing
mensiversary
mensk
menstealer
menstealers

Literary usage of Menseless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Whistle-Binkie: Or, The Piper of the Party: Being a Collection of Songs for by John Donald Carrick, Alexander Rodger, David Robertson (1878)
"Now, thou's neither milk nor meal, Senseless body, menseless body, Butter"d cake, ... Poor menseless, senseless body. Gif sober housewife say thou's wrang, ..."

2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Auld Vandal, ye but show your little mense, The Brigs o/Ayr. 6. menseless [Ill-bred, void of discretion]. Like ither menseless, graceless brutes. ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Destitute of grace, propriety, or moderation; uncivil; immoderate. [Scotch and prov. Eng.] No to rin an' weal' his cloots, Like ither menseless, ..."

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