Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

featherless

/ˈfɛðəɹləs/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.60 in modern English

Syllables: feath-er-less
IPA: /ˈfɛðəɹləs/

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Having no feathers.

Example Sentences

"He eyed me with contempt: great featherless, half winged bird as I was, incomprehensible, contemptible, but awful."
"[…] clad in a featherless hat and somber black garments, which set off the dark pallor of his forbidding face."

Etymology

From Middle English fethirles, fedyrles, equivalent to feather + -less. Cognate with Dutch veerloos, German federlos, Swedish fjäderlös.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: fethirles
Suffix: feather

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈfɛðəɹləs/
British English: /ˈfɛðələs/

Derived Forms

featherlessness

Phrases

featherless biped

Frequently Paired Words

flightless furless hairless wingless defeathered plucked

Synonyms

apteric unfeathered

Questions

How do you pronounce featherless?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈfɛðəɹləs/.
What does featherless mean?: Having no feathers.
Where does featherless come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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