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shirtlessness

shirtlessness noun: absence of shirts.

Noun

shirtlessness (uncountable)

  1. Absence of shirts.
    • An organizational crisis erupted, which resulted in reverting to a ban on all shirtlessness. Outraged, six gay men flouted the policy, arguing that shirtlessness was a question of liberation[…]2002, Tom Warner, Never going back: a history of queer activism in Canada, page 312

Origin of shirtlessness

From shirtless + -ness.

Questions about shirtlessness

What does shirtlessness mean?
Shirtlessness means absence of shirts.
What part of speech is shirtlessness?
Shirtlessness is a noun.

Words near shirtlessness in the dictionary

  1. shirtiness
  2. shirting
  3. shirtings
  4. shirtless
  5. shirtlessly
  6. shirtlessness
  7. shirtlet
  8. shirtlets
  9. shirtlifter
  10. shirtlifters
  11. shirtlifting

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