Godless

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From Middle English godles, from Old English *godlēas, from Proto-Germanic *gudalausaz, equivalent to god +‎ -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian godloos(“godless”), West Frisian goddeleas(“godless; wicked”), Dutch goddeloos(“godless; wicked”), German Low German gottlos(“godless”), German gottlos(“godless”), Danish gudløse(“godless”), Swedish gudlös(“godless; ungodly”), Icelandic guðlaus(“godless”), Gothic 𐌲𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌿𐍃( gudalaus, “godless”).


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godless (adj.)

1520s, from God + -less. Similar formation in Dutch goddeloos, German gottlos, Swedish gudlös, Gothic gudalaus. Related: Godlessness. Phrase godless communism attested by 1851; The Godless (Russian bezbozhnik) was the name of an organization for the suppression of religion in the Soviet Union.