Gorilless
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A female gorilla. no-plural, rare
"The last statement suggests to me the question, did she walk upon her hind legs only, or upon all four? That is, did she walk erect like a man and a brother,—I should say a gorilless and a sister,—or like an attached and humble individual of the canine or feline quadruped species?[…]Was not Seraphine a wonderful young person,—I mean gorilless?"
Example
More examples"The last statement suggests to me the question, did she walk upon her hind legs only, or upon all four? That is, did she walk erect like a man and a brother,—I should say a gorilless and a sister,—or like an attached and humble individual of the canine or feline quadruped species?[…]Was not Seraphine a wonderful young person,—I mean gorilless?"
Etymology
From gorilla + -ess.
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