lawless
English
adj
Definitions
- Not governed by any law.
- Prohibited by law; unlawful, illegal.
- Not restrained by the law or by discipline; disorderly, unruly.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English laweles suffix from English law (low).
Origin
English
law
Gloss
low
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- BigLaw English
- Eurolaw English
- Westlaw English
- Zipf's law English
- astrolaw English
- brethren-in-law English
- cyberlaw English
- e-law English
- law English
- law enforcement English
- lawbook English
- lawbot English
- lawbreaker English
- lawbreaking English
- lawcode English
- lawful English
- lawgiver English
- lawgiving English
- lawing English
- lawlessly English
- lawlessness English
- lawlike English
- lawly English
- lawmaker English
- lawmaking English
- lawman English
- lawmonger English
- lawsome English
- lawspeaker English
- lawsuit English
- lawyer English
- metalaw English
- neurolaw English
- nonlaw English
- outlaw English
- powerlaw English
- prelaw English
- pseudolaw English
- scofflaw English
- sublaw English
- unlaw English
- lag Swedish
- laglös Swedish
- lawe Middle English
- laweles Middle English
- lagh Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- lo Tok Pisin
- law
- unlaw
- e-law
- lawly
- sublaw
- outlaw
- lawful
- lawyer
- lawing
- BigLaw
- lawman
- lawbot
- nonlaw
- prelaw
- lawcode
- metalaw
- lawsuit
- Eurolaw
- lawbook
- lawlike
- lawsome
- Westlaw
- lawmaker
- lawgiver
- neurolaw
- cyberlaw
- astrolaw
- powerlaw
- scofflaw
- lawlessly
- lawmonger
- lawgiving
- lawmaking
- pseudolaw
- lawbreaker
- lawspeaker
- Zipf's law
- lawbreaking
- lawlessness
- brethren-in-law
- law enforcement