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calfless

US/ˈkæfləs/

calfless adjective: having no or extremely reduced calves.

Adjective (1)

calfless (comparative more calfless, superlative most calfless)

  1. Having no or extremely reduced calves.
    • He gained friends elsewhere, and finally settled in Darmstadt, where he still found women's hearts susceptible, in spite of his small, weak frame, his great long neck, and his calfless legs, of which he writes: "And, oh, my calves, they might have done honour to a poodle!"1903, Rupert Hughes, chapter XV, in The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume I

Adjective (2)

calfless (not comparable)

  1. Without a calf, or young cow.
    • a calfless cow

Forms of calfless

comparativemore calfless
superlativemost calfless

Origin of calfless

From calf (“back of the leg below the knee”) + -less.

From Middle English calflees; equivalent to calf (“young cow”) + -less.

Questions about calfless

What does calfless mean?
Calfless means having no or extremely reduced calves.
What part of speech is calfless?
Calfless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce calfless?
Calfless is pronounced /ˈkæfləs/ (US).

Words near calfless in the dictionary

  1. calfhides
  2. calfhood
  3. calfish
  4. calflagin
  5. calflagins
  6. calfless
  7. calflick
  8. calflicks
  9. calflike
  10. calfling
  11. calflings

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