meatless

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meatless

/ˈmiːtləs/

Rhymes with -iːtləs

Where it comes from

From Middle English meteles, from Old English metelēas (“foodless”), equivalent to meat + -less.

adjective

not comparable Without meat. A meatless day or a beerless or tealess day does not suggest moderation so much as immoderation.
Similar: unmeated, dry · Opposite: meatful

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adj without meat

Deutsch	fleischlos

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@misc{meatless_2026,
  title = {meatless},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/meatless},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}