thankless, thankelesse, thanklesse

[Eng. thank; -le .] 1. Unthankful, ungrateful; insensible of kindne or benefits. "How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is, To have a thankle child." Shakesp.: Lear , i. 2. 2. Not deserving thanks; not likely to gain thanks. "Calling the managing of state matters and common weal a thankle intermeddling in other mens affairs."P. Holland: Plutarch , p. 78. thănk-lě -ly, adv . [Eng. thankle ; -ly .] In a thankle manner; without thanks; ungratefully. "Whose sacred influence, spread through earth and [heaven, Words worth: Excursion, bk. vii, thănk-le -ne , s . [Eng. thankle ; -ne .] The quality or state of being thankle ; ingrati tude; insensibility of kindne or benefits. We all too thankle ly participate." "Not t' have written then, seems little le Than worst of civil vices, thankle ne ." Donne: To Counte of Bedford, *thăńk-lý, adv . [Eng. thank ; -ly .] Thankfully "He giveth frankly what we thankly spend." Sylvester: Du Bartas ; Third Day, First Week, 809. *thanks-give, v. t. [Eng. thanks; -give.] To celebrate or distinguish by solemn rites in token of thankfulne ; to give thanks for. "To thanks give or ble e a thing in a way to a sacred use he took to be an offering of it to God."-Mede.