trothless

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trothless

/ˈtɹəʊθləs/

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From Middle English troutheles, trouthles, trowwþelæse, equivalent to troth + -less. Piecewise doublet of truthless.

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archaic, poetic Untrustworthy, treacherous. Thrall to the faithless waves and trothless sky.
Similar: guiled, proditorious, ratlike, booky, dastardly, disleal, disloyal, double-crossing, double-dealing, double-faced, double-hearted, doublehearted

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@misc{trothless_2026,
  title = {trothless},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/trothless},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}