a. poet. Obs. [irreg. f. WISTLY adv. or WISTFUL + -LESS.] Inattentive, unobservant.
1747. [G. Ridley], Psyche, xix. in Museum, III. 86. So ore Avernus, or the Lucrine Lake, The wistless bird pursues his purpos’d Flight.
1795. Southey, Joan of Arc, I. 405. I held it,… And, wistless what I did, half from the sheath Drew the well-temper’d blade. Ibid., iv. 61. Wistless that every eye dwelt on her form, With stately step she paced.
1814. Cary, Dante, Parad., XI. 10. One, moiling, lay Tangled in net of sensual delight; And one to wistless indolence resigned.
