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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fleshless

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.26 in modern English

Syllables
flesh-less
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Without flesh, lacking flesh; lean.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English fleschles, flechles, equivalent to flesh + -less. Cognate with West Frisian fleisleas (“meatless”), Dutch vleesloos (“meatless”), German fleischlos (“meatless”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Derived Forms

fleshlessness

Questions

What does fleshless mean?
Without flesh, lacking flesh; lean.
Where does fleshless come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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