Etymology

soulless

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Today it means: As if without a soul; insensitive, unfeeling. Full definition →

Middle English soulelez
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromsoulelez
  2. English todaysoulless

From Middle English soulelez; equivalent to soul + -less. Compare Old English sāwollēas; the Middle English word likely is a re-formation.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.