featherless
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featherless
- /ˈfɛðələs/ UK
- /ˈfɛðəɹləs/ US
Where it comes from
From Middle English fethirles, fedyrles, equivalent to feather + -less. Cognate with Dutch veerloos, German federlos, Swedish fjäderlös.
adjective
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Having no feathers.
He eyed me with contempt: great featherless, half winged bird as I was, incomprehensible, contemptible, but awful.
Similar: apteric, unfeathered
Translations
Talk about this word "featherless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/featherless. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. featherless. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/featherless "featherless." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/featherless.Cite this
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title = {featherless},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
