artless

English

/ˈɑɹt.lɪs/

adj
Definitions
  • Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.
  • Free of artificiality; natural.
  • Lacking art, knowledge, or skill; uncultured and ignorant.
  • Poorly made or done; crude.

Etymology

Suffix from English art root from Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- (fit, join, fix, put together, fix together, join together, fit together, fitting, then, question particle, so, take, pronounce a ritual).

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Proto-Indo-European

*h₂er-

Gloss

fit, join, fix, put together, fix together, join together, fit together, fitting, then, question particle, so, take, pronounce a ritual

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