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clitless

clitless adjective: without a clitoris, usually after female genital mutilation.

Adjective

clitless (not comparable)

  1. (slang) Without a clitoris, usually after female genital mutilation.
    • Senegal with its veiled and clitless women has been too much for her already.1996, Leila Castle, Earthwalking Sky Dancers, numbers 56-58, page 146

Origin of clitless

From clit + -less.

Questions about clitless

What does clitless mean?
Clitless means without a clitoris, usually after female genital mutilation.
What part of speech is clitless?
Clitless is an adjective.

Words near clitless in the dictionary

  1. cliticizing
  2. cliticless
  3. clitics
  4. clition
  5. clitions
  6. clitless
  7. clitlicker
  8. clitlickers
  9. clitocin
  10. clitodectomy
  11. Clitonista

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