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menless

menless adjective: without men.

Adjective

menless (not comparable)

  1. Without men.
    • A beast that caused unto fatherless children, unto menless women, unto womenless men (who thus became through his evil will), tears and sad thoughts, has this day been looked upon by the Sun and laid low.1901, Frank Hamilton Cushing, “Átahsaia, the Cannibal Demon”, in Zuñi Folk Tales, New York, N.Y.; London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, page 377
    • Womenless men—[…]. Menless women—female bachelors, divorcées, authentic and spurious widows—were mostly told off each in one room.1905, Emil Friend, “The Alliance”, in Masks: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Geo. W. Ogilvie & Co., page 19

Origin of menless

From men + -less.

Questions about menless

What does menless mean?
Menless means without men.
What part of speech is menless?
Menless is an adjective.

Words near menless in the dictionary

  1. Menkes disease
  2. Menkes kinky hair syndrome
  3. Menkes syndrome
  4. menkind
  5. Menks
  6. menless
  7. Menlo
  8. Menlo Park
  9. Menlo Parker
  10. Menlo Parkers
  11. menma

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