a. poet. Obs. or arch. [f. WONT sb. + -LESS.] Unaccustomed, unwonted, unusual.

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1587.  T. Hughes, Misfort. Arthur, I. ii. That both my hart and marrow quite be burnt, And synewes dried with force of woontlesse flames.

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1596.  Spenser, Hymn Hon. Beauty, 2. What wontlesse fury dost thou now inspire Into my feeble breast?

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1628.  Mure, Fancies Farewell, i. 12. Mounted on wings of immortalitie, I feele my brest warmde with a wountless fire.

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1795.  Southey, Joan of Arc, VI. 349. He,… all astonish’d at their force And wontless valour, rages round the field.

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1855.  Singleton, Virgil, VI. 21. Daedalus … Along a wontless region floated off To th’ icy Bears.

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