Anatomiless

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having no clear anatomy. not-comparable

    "And, on the other hand, go forth again to gaze upon the old cathedral front, where you have smiled so often at the fantastic ignorance of the old sculptors: examine once more those ugly goblins, and formless monsters, and stern statues, anatomiless and rigid; but do not mock them, for they are signs of the life and liberty of every workman who struck the stone; […]"

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"And, on the other hand, go forth again to gaze upon the old cathedral front, where you have smiled so often at the fantastic ignorance of the old sculptors: examine once more those ugly goblins, and formless monsters, and stern statues, anatomiless and rigid; but do not mock them, for they are signs of the life and liberty of every workman who struck the stone; […]"

Etymology

From anatomy + -less.

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