Foodless

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lacking food; without food. not-comparable, rare

    "c. 1807, William Blake, Vala, or The Four Zoas in Blake: Complete Poems, edited by W. H. Stevenson, Routledge, 3rd edition, 2007, p. 321, lines 187-8, Why does the raven cry aloud & no eye pities her? / Why fall the sparrow & the robin in the foodless winter?"

Adjective
  1. 1
    being without food wordnet

Synonyms

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malnourished

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"c. 1807, William Blake, Vala, or The Four Zoas in Blake: Complete Poems, edited by W. H. Stevenson, Routledge, 3rd edition, 2007, p. 321, lines 187-8, Why does the raven cry aloud & no eye pities her? / Why fall the sparrow & the robin in the foodless winter?"

Etymology

From Middle English fodeles, equivalent to food + -less.

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