Fleshless

/ˈflɛʃləs/ adjective

Definition

Without flesh; having no bodily substance, skeletal, or purely spiritual and non-physical.

Etymology

From 'flesh' plus '-less,' the negation suffix from Old English meaning 'without' or 'lacking.' This suffix is one of the most productive in English for creating opposites.

Kelly Says

The '-less' suffix is the opposite partner of '-ful'—'hopeful' vs. 'hopeless,' 'faithful' vs. 'faithless,' 'fleshful' vs. 'fleshless'—English loves this symmetry!

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