单词 | chinless |
释义 | chinlessadj. a. Without a chin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > external parts of body > head > face > chin > [adjective] > having no chinless1828 opisthognathous1864 1828 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 23 598 Earless, eyeless, cheekless, noseless, and chinless. b. Without the firmness of character held to be expressed by a prominent chin. Esp. in chinless wonder. 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 1881 Voice (N. York) 17 Mar. 5/4 A nation of chinless men—without opinions. 1962 Times 22 Nov. 18/7 Debutantes and their chinless wonders of husbands—just down from Oxford. 1964 J. Gardner Liquidator vii. 137 Quadrant..was a chinless wonder of the first water. 1967 J. Burke Till Death us do Part v. 90 We don't need a lot of chinless wonders sitting up in the House of Lords. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adj.1828 |
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