单词 | featherless |
释义 | featherlessadj. Without feathers, in various senses. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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). < adj.c1460 |
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