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manelessness

manelessness noun: the state of being maneless.

Noun

manelessness (uncountable)

  1. The state of being maneless.
    • Yet the manelessness of the lioness is one of its most obvious features, and one which is never to my knowledge incorrectly shown by artists in the East where lions were familiar.1960, William Llewellyn Brown, The Etruscan Lion, page 166
    • But are they really tougher? And if so, is there any connection between their manelessness and their ferocity?2002 April, Philip Caputo, “Maneless Lions”, in National Geographic

Origin of manelessness

From maneless + -ness.

Questions about manelessness

What does manelessness mean?
Manelessness means the state of being maneless.
What part of speech is manelessness?
Manelessness is a noun.

Words near manelessness in the dictionary

  1. maneki-neko
  2. maneki-nekos
  3. manel
  4. manele
  5. maneless
  6. manelessness
  7. manelike
  8. manels
  9. Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur
  10. maneouvre
  11. manequin

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