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femaleless

femaleless adjective: devoid of females.

Adjective

femaleless (not comparable)

  1. Devoid of females.
    • The monastery where Ottavio is later sent becomes a metaphor of the motherless, femaleless family to which the boy now belongs.1965, William L. Hedges, Washington Irving: an American study, 1802-1832
    • Happy Lake was named by three pioneering bachelors extolling their emotional state in their femaleless society.2007, Craig Romano, Day Hiking, Olympic Peninsula

Origin of femaleless

From female + -less.

Words formed from femaleless

Questions about femaleless

What does femaleless mean?
Femaleless means devoid of females.
What part of speech is femaleless?
Femaleless is an adjective.

Words near femaleless in the dictionary

  1. femalefolk
  2. femalefolks
  3. femalehood
  4. femaleist
  5. femaleists
  6. femaleless
  7. femalelessness
  8. femalelike
  9. femalely
  10. femaleness
  11. femalenesses

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