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prickless

prickless adjective: without a prick or prickle.

Adjective

prickless (not comparable)

  1. Without a prick or prickle.
    • a prickless variety of cactus

Origin of prickless

From prick + -less.

Questions about prickless

What does prickless mean?
Prickless means without a prick or prickle.
What part of speech is prickless?
Prickless is an adjective.

Words near prickless in the dictionary

  1. pricklelike
  2. prickler
  3. pricklers
  4. prickles
  5. pricklesome
  6. prickless
  7. pricklet
  8. prickletail
  9. pricklets
  10. pricklice
  11. pricklier

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