fleshless

English

Etymology

From Middle English fleschles, flechles, equivalent to flesh +‎ -less. Cognate with West Frisian fleisleas (“meatless”), Dutch vleesloos (“meatless”), German fleischlos (“meatless”).

Adjective

fleshless (not comparable)

1. Without flesh, lacking flesh; lean.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     Thrusting in my head between the stems, I found myself gazing at a fleshless skull.

Derived terms

• fleshlessness