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bonelessness

bonelessness noun: the state or quality of being boneless.

Noun

bonelessness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being boneless.
    • Our “fish” course would include salmon steaks, cod rissoles, oysters and other finny-cal morsels, and we prided ourselves on their bonelessness.1889, Pan [pseudonym of Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh], Dinnerology: Our Experiments in Diet, Chicago, New York and San Francisco: Belford, Clarke & Co., Chapter 3, p. 41
    • The dancer wears a long, soft drapery, which is never lifted to her ankles. Agility and apparent bonelessness are her characteristics.1907, Thomas Hayes, “Dances of the East”, in The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 36, page 104

Origin of bonelessness

From boneless + -ness.

Questions about bonelessness

What does bonelessness mean?
Bonelessness means the state or quality of being boneless.
What part of speech is bonelessness?
Bonelessness is a noun.

Words near bonelessness in the dictionary

  1. bonejarring
  2. bonejarringly
  3. boneless
  4. boneless lean beef trimmings
  5. bonelessly
  6. bonelessness
  7. bonelet
  8. bonelets
  9. bonelike
  10. Bonelli
  11. bonelliid

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