Meaning

2 senses
  1. (uncountable)The state of being bootless (without boots)

  2. (archaic, uncountable)The quality of being unavailing or unprofitable.

Origin

From bootless + -ness; see boot (“profit”).

From bootless + -ness; see boot (“profit”).

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See also

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