godless, godlese

& s. [A.S.godleás; Icel. gudhlau ; Sw.gudlös.] A. As adj.: Acknowledging no God, without sense of duty to God; impious, atheistical, irrelig. ious. IMG:content-0597.png:[blocks in formation] B. As subst.: A godle person; one without sense of duty or reverence to God. "Mourn! where their God hath dwelt the godle dwell." Byron: Oh! Weep for Those. godle -month, s. Comp. Myth.: The tenth month of the Japanese year, so called because then the le er divinities were considered to be absent from their temples, for the purpose of paying the annual homage due to the celestial Dairi. ( Tylor .) god-lě -lý, adv. [English godle ; -ly. In a godle , impious, or irreverent manner; without fear of or reverence toward God.