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artless (adj.)
[artless 词源字典]
1580s, "unskillful," from
art
(n.) +
-less
. Later also "uncultured" (1590s); then "unartificial, natural" (1670s) and "guileless, ingenuous" (1714). Related:
Artlessly
;
artlessness
.
[artless etymology, artless origin, 英语词源]