winglessadj.

Brit.

/ˈwɪŋlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈwɪŋlᵻs/

Etymology: wing n. + -less suffix.

Having no wings; destitute of wings. Also applied by extension to birds having rudimentary wings not used for flight.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > not

wingless1598

impennous1646

1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 180 Mamuques..Food-lesse they liue,..Wing-lesse they flie.

1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 50 Anthrenus,..the wingless Hornet.

?1703 J. Petiver Gazophylacii II. 21 This wingless Wasp I have had from Virginia.

1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 235 They differ from Bignoniaceæ in their wingless seeds.

1836 C. Wordsworth Athens & Attica xiv. 107 The statue of Victory in this temple, was sculptured wingless.

1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 125 The apteryx..a New Zealand wingless bird.

1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 233/1 Many wingless insects—such as lice, fleas and certain earwigs and cockroaches.

figurative.1598 T. Bastard Chrestoleros iv. vi. 80 As if my thoughtes..Winglesse & footelesse, now like snailes did creepe.1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 23 Our Freedom chain'd; quite wingless our Desire.1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 21 The wingless, crawling hours.1827 T. Hood Retrospective Rev. v My joys are wingless all and dead.1873 C. E. Norton Lett. (1913) I. 460 I have had to read of late some wingless verse, and it was a delightful refreshment to find in your sonnet poetry that soared.

Derivatives

ˈwinglessness n.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > wing > having no wings

winglessness1890

1890 Universal Rev. Apr. 536 The winglessness of the Madeira beetles.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wingless
释义	winglessadj. Brit. /ˈwɪŋlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈwɪŋlᵻs/ Etymology: wing n. + -less suffix. Having no wings; destitute of wings. Also applied by extension to birds having rudimentary wings not used for flight. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > parts of or bird defined by > [adjective] > having wings > not wingless1598 impennous1646 1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. v. 180 Mamuques..Food-lesse they liue,..Wing-lesse they flie. 1668 W. Charleton Onomasticon Zoicon 50 Anthrenus,..the wingless Hornet. ?1703 J. Petiver Gazophylacii II. 21 This wingless Wasp I have had from Virginia. 1830 J. Lindley Introd. Nat. Syst. Bot. 235 They differ from Bignoniaceæ in their wingless seeds. 1836 C. Wordsworth Athens & Attica xiv. 107 The statue of Victory in this temple, was sculptured wingless. 1855 D. T. Ansted in Orr's Circle Sci.: Inorg. Nature 125 The apteryx..a New Zealand wingless bird. 1910 Encycl. Brit. II. 233/1 Many wingless insects—such as lice, fleas and certain earwigs and cockroaches. figurative.1598 T. Bastard Chrestoleros iv. vi. 80 As if my thoughtes..Winglesse & footelesse, now like snailes did creepe.1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 23 Our Freedom chain'd; quite wingless our Desire.1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound i. i. 21 The wingless, crawling hours.1827 T. Hood Retrospective Rev. v My joys are wingless all and dead.1873 C. E. Norton Lett. (1913) I. 460 I have had to read of late some wingless verse, and it was a delightful refreshment to find in your sonnet poetry that soared. Derivatives ˈwinglessness n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > general parts > body and limbs > [noun] > wing > having no wings winglessness1890 1890 Universal Rev. Apr. 536 The winglessness of the Madeira beetles. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.1598
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