downlessadj.
/ˈdaʊnləs/, U.S. /ˈdaʊnləs/ Having no down or hair.
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the world > life > the body > hair > types of hair > [adjective] > down > without down
downless1598
the world > plants > part of plant > hair or bristle > [adjective] > having hair > not having hair
dodc1449
unbearded1688
beardless1760
mutic1777
awnless1787
downless1796
bald1804
unawned1821
fringeless1837
muticous1847
muticate1913
1598 G. Chapman in C. Marlowe & G. Chapman Hero & Leander (new ed.) v. sig. K2 The downles rosie faces Of youths and maids.
1796 W. Withering Arrangem. Brit. Plants (ed. 3) III. 732 Doronicum..seeds of the circumference down-less and naked.
1813 J. M. Good et al. Pantologia Eclipta, in botany, a genus of the class syngenesia... Receptacle chaffy, downless; florets of the centre five-cleft.
1872 J. C. Jeaffreson Woman in Spite of Herself I. i. iv. 59 As downless and smooth-faced as any girl of eighteen summers.
1922 Bird-lore July 197 The second nest was on the edge of a hemlock fringe of woods, and I saw the downless new birds in its piney cup.
1975 Auk 92 61 The many chicks found with small discrete downless patches on their head, often associated with scalp lacerations attributable to attacks by territorial adult terns.
1995 Sunday Times (Nexis) 10 Sept. (Features section) She is perfectly, curiously hairless and downless, like a waxwork.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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