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jacketless

jacketless adjective: without a jacket (coat).

Adjective

jacketless (not comparable)

  1. Without a jacket (coat).
    • He has no time to dress, but snatching his jacket and trowsers in hand flies off. Tom Pipes gives chace, and mercy on the jacketless shoulders if he comes within arm’s length of them.1828, Sam Spritsail, Chapter 2, in Paisley Magazine, Volume I, No. 6, 2 June, 1828, p. 299
    • The evening, though sunless, had been warm and muggy for the season, and Tess had come out with her milking-hood only, naked-armed and jacketless; certainly not dressed for a drive.1891, Thomas Hardy, chapter 29, in Tess of the d’Urbervilles
  2. Without a jacket (book cover).

Origin of jacketless

From jacket + -less.

Words formed from jacketless

Questions about jacketless

What does jacketless mean?
Jacketless means without a jacket (coat).
What part of speech is jacketless?
Jacketless is an adjective.

Words near jacketless in the dictionary

  1. jacketed soft points
  2. jacketed up
  3. jacketing
  4. jacketing up
  5. jacketings
  6. jacketless
  7. jacketlessness
  8. jacketlike
  9. jackets
  10. jackets up
  11. Jackett

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