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unfleshed

unfleshed adjective: having no flesh. Also the simple past and past participle of unflesh.

Adjective

unfleshed (not comparable)

  1. Having no flesh.
  2. Not accustomed to flesh; not having been used in combat.
    • […] he was an old man, but he loved to encircle his bare temples with an iron helmet, and to try his well used sword against the unfleshed blades of the sons of his companions in arms in days gone by.1823, Mary Shelley, Valperga

Also used as

unfleshed is also the simple past and past participle of unflesh.

Origin of unfleshed

From un- + fleshed.

Questions about unfleshed

What does unfleshed mean?
Unfleshed means having no flesh.
What part of speech is unfleshed?
Unfleshed is an adjective.

Words near unfleshed in the dictionary

  1. unfleecing
  2. unfleecy
  3. unfleeing
  4. unfleeting
  5. unflesh
  6. unfleshed
  7. unfleshes
  8. unfleshing
  9. unfleshliness
  10. unfleshly
  11. unfleshy

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