bonelessadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈbəʊnləs/, U.S.

/ˈboʊnləs/

Forms: see bone n.¹ and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bone n.¹, -less suffix.

Etymology: < bone n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare Old Icelandic bein-lauss lacking bones.

1. Having no bones; lacking bones. Formerly also: †having no teeth, toothless (obsolete).bloodless and boneless: see bloodless adj. 1a.In quot. OE as n. : a thing having no bones, apparently denoting dough and (with double entendre) the tumescent penis.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > [adjective] > having no

bonelessOE

unboned1657

OE Riddle 45 3 On þæt banlease bryd grapode, hygewlonc hondum, hrægle þeahte þrindende þing þeodnes dohtor.

c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Royal) (1934) 43 Blodles ant banles, dumbe & deaue.

1577 T. Kendall Trifles f. 27^v, in tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes Bonelesse and footlesse quight am I [sc. the Snaile].

a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 57 I would..Haue pluckt my Nipple from his Bonelesse Gummes.

1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 25 The bonelesse fish [i.e. the octopus] doth eat his feet for colde.

1718 tr. in Earl of Rochester et al. Wks. II. 207 It is desin'd, a hollow boneless Part Of better Use, and nobler than the Heart; With Mouth, but without Eyes.

1778 J. Clark Wks. Caledonian Bards 60 Thy surly ghost shall forthwith depart from its dwelling, and mingle with the sons of the wind, where thy boneless arm shall never raise the steel against the lovely.

1835 St. James's Chron. 11 July A sergeant of grenadiers..as a last resource resolved to sell the teeth of his son... The father,..when he looked upon the boneless mouth of his son, recollected why it was so.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 439 The boneless eel of Archestratus was no doubt the lamprey.

1920 P. J. Fryer Insect Pests & Fungus Dis. Fruit & Hops i. 3 The insects from a very large class in the great division of animals called invertebra or boneless animals.

1955 R. S. Thomas Song at Year's Turning 26 In April, when light quickens and clouds thin, boneless presences flit through my room.

2004 Guardian 29 Oct. (Friday Review section) 19/1 Boneless jellyfish pulsing with light like spaceships in the ocean depths.

2. Of meat or fish: that has had the bones removed.

ΚΠ

1845 Standard 19 Dec. (table) Beef, boneless, 14lb.

1898 L. J. Beck New York's Chinatown 50 Chow Gai Sue Mean , Fried Noodles with Boneless Chicken.

1933 Washington Post 23 Oct. 9/7 You can get fancy boneless cod for 35 cents a pound.., no wastes, no bones and full value for your money.

1982 J. Rosso & S. Lukins Silver Palate Cookbk. 203/2 We marinated a boneless 2-pound sirloin..before panfrying it.

2013 New Yorker 1 July 12/3 Fried quail..arrives in juicy, boneless coins marbled with fat.

3. figurative. Lacking substance, solidity, or strength; (of a person) having little strength of character or willpower; lacking ‘backbone’.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will

nesheOE

feeblec1200

softc1275

weaka1425

infirm1526

lithya1533

unheaded1577

spiritless1595

pappy1597

irresolute1600

marrowless1607

seducible1613

wax-nosedc1615

unsinewy?1623

reedy1628

swayable1642

short-spirited1647

weak-headed1654

lath-backed1676

will-less?1680

tiffany-trader1702

weak-minded1716

lax1751

lax-fibred1762

nerveless1783

wishy-washy1801

marcid1822

molluscous1836

boneless1848

weedy1849

putty-headed1857

flabby1862

weak-kneed1863

fibreless1864

invertebrate1867

chinless1881

backboneless1882

featherweight1885

spineless1885

weak-willed1885

totter-kneed1887

akratic1896

effete1905

weakling1906

gutless1915

willowish1919

Milquetoast1932

nannified1960

ball-less1967

1848 Guardian 3 May 288/3 Those..who wish well to the Church of England..who would mourn over her degradation into a marrowless, boneless, bloodless sect, with no discipline of her own.

1882 A. Beresford-Hope Brandreths III. l. 280 The Lord Chancellor read a Queen's Speech jubilant with more boneless promises of gigantic reform.

1884 Contemp. Rev. May 630 Those boneless beings who repeat idiotically all they hear.

1903 A. H. Lewis Boss xvii. 234 He was a mere jelly-fish of principle—one whose boneless convictions couldn't stand on their own legs.

1951 K. A. Porter Let. 19 Apr. (1990) vii. 398 I..was no more impressed by the slack and boneless charm of his person than I ever was by the slack and boneless character of his writing.

2004 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 22 Oct. 19 The story ambles along pleasantly, but it's a rather boneless rendering of a very tough tale.

Derivatives

ˈbonelessly adv. figurative as if without bones; flexibly; limply.

ΚΠ

1889 Murray's Mag. Aug. 240 A profusely whiskered cad..is reading a newspaper with one leg curled bonelessly round the other.

1977 C. Beresford-Howe Population of One vi. 107 Once more bonelessly draped in his chair, he eyes me with a sparkling kind of glee.

2008 R. Miller Private Lives Pippa Lee 166 With horrible slowness, the body slipped from the table, the chair, then flopped bonelessly to the floor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	boneless
释义	bonelessadj.n. Brit. /ˈbəʊnləs/, U.S. /ˈboʊnləs/ Forms: see bone n.¹ and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: bone n.¹, -less suffix. Etymology: < bone n.¹ + -less suffix. Compare Old Icelandic bein-lauss lacking bones. 1. Having no bones; lacking bones. Formerly also: †having no teeth, toothless (obsolete).bloodless and boneless: see bloodless adj. 1a.In quot. OE as n. : a thing having no bones, apparently denoting dough and (with double entendre) the tumescent penis. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > [adjective] > having no bonelessOE unboned1657 OE Riddle 45 3 On þæt banlease bryd grapode, hygewlonc hondum, hrægle þeahte þrindende þing þeodnes dohtor. c1225 (?c1200) St. Margaret (Royal) (1934) 43 Blodles ant banles, dumbe & deaue. 1577 T. Kendall Trifles f. 27^v, in tr. Politianus et al. Flowers of Epigrammes Bonelesse and footlesse quight am I [sc. the Snaile]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vii. 57 I would..Haue pluckt my Nipple from his Bonelesse Gummes. View more context for this quotation 1618 G. Chapman tr. Hesiod Georgicks ii. 25 The bonelesse fish [i.e. the octopus] doth eat his feet for colde. 1718 tr. in Earl of Rochester et al. Wks. II. 207 It is desin'd, a hollow boneless Part Of better Use, and nobler than the Heart; With Mouth, but without Eyes. 1778 J. Clark Wks. Caledonian Bards 60 Thy surly ghost shall forthwith depart from its dwelling, and mingle with the sons of the wind, where thy boneless arm shall never raise the steel against the lovely. 1835 St. James's Chron. 11 July A sergeant of grenadiers..as a last resource resolved to sell the teeth of his son... The father,..when he looked upon the boneless mouth of his son, recollected why it was so. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 439 The boneless eel of Archestratus was no doubt the lamprey. 1920 P. J. Fryer Insect Pests & Fungus Dis. Fruit & Hops i. 3 The insects from a very large class in the great division of animals called invertebra or boneless animals. 1955 R. S. Thomas Song at Year's Turning 26 In April, when light quickens and clouds thin, boneless presences flit through my room. 2004 Guardian 29 Oct. (Friday Review section) 19/1 Boneless jellyfish pulsing with light like spaceships in the ocean depths. 2. Of meat or fish: that has had the bones removed. ΚΠ 1845 Standard 19 Dec. (table) Beef, boneless, 14lb. 1898 L. J. Beck New York's Chinatown 50 Chow Gai Sue Mean , Fried Noodles with Boneless Chicken. 1933 Washington Post 23 Oct. 9/7 You can get fancy boneless cod for 35 cents a pound.., no wastes, no bones and full value for your money. 1982 J. Rosso & S. Lukins Silver Palate Cookbk. 203/2 We marinated a boneless 2-pound sirloin..before panfrying it. 2013 New Yorker 1 July 12/3 Fried quail..arrives in juicy, boneless coins marbled with fat. 3. figurative. Lacking substance, solidity, or strength; (of a person) having little strength of character or willpower; lacking ‘backbone’. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will nesheOE feeblec1200 softc1275 weaka1425 infirm1526 lithya1533 unheaded1577 spiritless1595 pappy1597 irresolute1600 marrowless1607 seducible1613 wax-nosedc1615 unsinewy?1623 reedy1628 swayable1642 short-spirited1647 weak-headed1654 lath-backed1676 will-less?1680 tiffany-trader1702 weak-minded1716 lax1751 lax-fibred1762 nerveless1783 wishy-washy1801 marcid1822 molluscous1836 boneless1848 weedy1849 putty-headed1857 flabby1862 weak-kneed1863 fibreless1864 invertebrate1867 chinless1881 backboneless1882 featherweight1885 spineless1885 weak-willed1885 totter-kneed1887 akratic1896 effete1905 weakling1906 gutless1915 willowish1919 Milquetoast1932 nannified1960 ball-less1967 1848 Guardian 3 May 288/3 Those..who wish well to the Church of England..who would mourn over her degradation into a marrowless, boneless, bloodless sect, with no discipline of her own. 1882 A. Beresford-Hope Brandreths III. l. 280 The Lord Chancellor read a Queen's Speech jubilant with more boneless promises of gigantic reform. 1884 Contemp. Rev. May 630 Those boneless beings who repeat idiotically all they hear. 1903 A. H. Lewis Boss xvii. 234 He was a mere jelly-fish of principle—one whose boneless convictions couldn't stand on their own legs. 1951 K. A. Porter Let. 19 Apr. (1990) vii. 398 I..was no more impressed by the slack and boneless charm of his person than I ever was by the slack and boneless character of his writing. 2004 Times Educ. Suppl. (Nexis) 22 Oct. 19 The story ambles along pleasantly, but it's a rather boneless rendering of a very tough tale. Derivatives ˈbonelessly adv. figurative as if without bones; flexibly; limply. ΚΠ 1889 Murray's Mag. Aug. 240 A profusely whiskered cad..is reading a newspaper with one leg curled bonelessly round the other. 1977 C. Beresford-Howe Population of One vi. 107 Once more bonelessly draped in his chair, he eyes me with a sparkling kind of glee. 2008 R. Miller Private Lives Pippa Lee 166 With horrible slowness, the body slipped from the table, the chair, then flopped bonelessly to the floor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.OE
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