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单词 featherless
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featherlessadj.

Brit. /ˈfɛðələs/, U.S. /ˈfɛðərləs/
Etymology: < feather n. + -less suffix.
Without feathers, in various senses.
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the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > unfledged or not fully fledged
featherlessc1460
implumec1540
callow1567
unfledge1581
unplumed1598
implumed1604
unfledgeda1616
pin-feathered1641
squab1706
implumous1755
fledgeless1769
callowy1823
the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective] > featherless
featherlessc1460
unfeathered1570
plumeless1604
impennous1646
shell-naked1681
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective] > having feathers > not
featherlessc1460
unplumed1598
unfeathered1611
unfledged1752
the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > headgear > [adjective] > hat > other
round1565
four-corner1640
basoned1728
cockled1745
featherlessa1845
Christy1867
pullover1877
pugreed1881
sailor-shape1897
off-the-face1908
weepered1908
the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > not covered by feathers
featherless1850
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn l. 1764 To shete a fethirles bolt.
1483 Cath. Angl. 124/2 Fedyrles or with owtyn feders, inplumis.
?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Givv Yonge fetherles fowlys, streyght takyn from the nest.
1590 W. Vallans Tale Two Swannes A haunted ducke..Was taken up all fetherlesse and bare.
1640 J. Howell Δενδρολογια 74 That featherlesse bird, which went about to begge plumes of other birds to cover his nakednesse.
a1658 J. Cleveland Rustick Rampant in Wks. (1687) 407 Some with Bows and featherless Arrows.
a1845 T. Hood Ode to Dr. Hahnemann iv A featherless cocked-hat adorns his head.
1850 C. Lyell 2nd Visit U.S. (ed. 2) II. 223 Plato's definition of a man, ‘bipes implume’, ‘a featherless biped’.

Derivatives

ˈfeatherlessness n. the state of being without feathers.
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1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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