Fleshless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Without flesh, lacking flesh; lean. not-comparable

    "Thrusting in my head between the stems, I found myself gazing at a fleshless skull."

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bonyflatganglinggauntgawkylanky

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"Thrusting in my head between the stems, I found myself gazing at a fleshless skull."

Etymology

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

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