musclelessadj.

Brit.

/ˈmʌs(ə)lləs/, U.S.

/ˈməsə(l)ləs/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muscle n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < muscle n. + -less suffix.

Having no muscles; lacking muscle. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak

unmightyeOE

unferea1060

unwieldc1220

fade1303

lewc1325

weak1340

fainta1375

sicklyc1374

unwieldyc1386

impotent1390

delicatea1398

lowa1398

unmighta1450

unlustyc1450

low-brought1459

wearyc1480

failed1490

worn1508

caduke?1518

fainty1530

weak1535

debile1536

fluey1545

tewly?1547

faltering1549

puling1549

imbecilec1550

debilitate1552

flash1562

unable1577

unhealthful1595

unabled1597

whindling1601

infirm1608

debilitated1611

bedrid1629

washya1631

silly1636

fluea1645

tender1645

invaletudinary1661

languishant1674

valetudinaire?c1682

puly1688

thriftless1693

unheartya1699

wishy-washy1703

enervate1706

valetudinarian1713

lask1727

wersh1755

palliea1774

wankle1781

asthenic1789

atonic1792

squeal1794

adynamic1803

worn-down1814

totterish1817

asthenical1819

prostrate1820

used up1823

wankya1825

creaky1834

groggy1834

puny1838

imbeciled1840

rickety-rackety1840

muscleless1841

weedy1849

tottery1861

crocky1880

wimbly-wambly1881

ramshackle1889

twitterly1896

twittery1907

wonky1919

strung out1959

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things)

thin?c1225

wateryc1230

feeble1393

wash1548

waterish1549

fadea1554

limping1577

dilute1605

lank1607

languid1622

water gruel1630

invalid1635

sinewless1644

exsanguine1647

flaccid1647

diluted1681

wishy-washy1693

tiffany1694

foible1715

rickety1738

faintly1771

unrobust1775

pale1820

peely-wally1832

muscleless1841

weakling1848

weedy?1858

feeblose1882

papery1924

1841 R. Oastler Fleet Papers I. 289 The head is sick.., the limbs are muscleless.

1867 London Rev. 23 Mar. 337/1 Speculations..as boneless and as muscleless as the dummies in a tailor's window.

1981 Jrnl. Embryol. & Exper. Morphol. 64 211 The innervation of muscleless wings produced in this way was examined.

1991 D. Richler Kicking Tomorrow ii. 22 His body plump-white and muscleless as a larva.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	muscleless
释义	musclelessadj. Brit. /ˈmʌs(ə)lləs/, U.S. /ˈməsə(l)ləs/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: muscle n., -less suffix. Etymology: < muscle n. + -less suffix. Having no muscles; lacking muscle. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > weak unmightyeOE unferea1060 unwieldc1220 fade1303 lewc1325 weak1340 fainta1375 sicklyc1374 unwieldyc1386 impotent1390 delicatea1398 lowa1398 unmighta1450 unlustyc1450 low-brought1459 wearyc1480 failed1490 worn1508 caduke?1518 fainty1530 weak1535 debile1536 fluey1545 tewly?1547 faltering1549 puling1549 imbecilec1550 debilitate1552 flash1562 unable1577 unhealthful1595 unabled1597 whindling1601 infirm1608 debilitated1611 bedrid1629 washya1631 silly1636 fluea1645 tender1645 invaletudinary1661 languishant1674 valetudinaire?c1682 puly1688 thriftless1693 unheartya1699 wishy-washy1703 enervate1706 valetudinarian1713 lask1727 wersh1755 palliea1774 wankle1781 asthenic1789 atonic1792 squeal1794 adynamic1803 worn-down1814 totterish1817 asthenical1819 prostrate1820 used up1823 wankya1825 creaky1834 groggy1834 puny1838 imbeciled1840 rickety-rackety1840 muscleless1841 weedy1849 tottery1861 crocky1880 wimbly-wambly1881 ramshackle1889 twitterly1896 twittery1907 wonky1919 strung out1959 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > weak (of immaterial things) thin?c1225 wateryc1230 feeble1393 wash1548 waterish1549 fadea1554 limping1577 dilute1605 lank1607 languid1622 water gruel1630 invalid1635 sinewless1644 exsanguine1647 flaccid1647 diluted1681 wishy-washy1693 tiffany1694 foible1715 rickety1738 faintly1771 unrobust1775 pale1820 peely-wally1832 muscleless1841 weakling1848 weedy?1858 feeblose1882 papery1924 1841 R. Oastler Fleet Papers I. 289 The head is sick.., the limbs are muscleless. 1867 London Rev. 23 Mar. 337/1 Speculations..as boneless and as muscleless as the dummies in a tailor's window. 1981 Jrnl. Embryol. & Exper. Morphol. 64 211 The innervation of muscleless wings produced in this way was examined. 1991 D. Richler Kicking Tomorrow ii. 22 His body plump-white and muscleless as a larva. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1841
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