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单词 hipless
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hiplessadj.

Brit. /ˈhɪplᵻs/, U.S. /ˈhɪpləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: hip n.1, -less suffix.
Etymology: < hip n.1 + -less suffix.
Lacking, or apparently lacking, hips; not having prominent hips; esp. (of a person) having a boyishly slender figure.
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hipless1834
unhipped1847
1834 W. Hay tr. Semonides of Amorgos in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. May 712 Hipless, and shapeless as a plank, they wend; Necks stiff and short, and never meant to bend.
1897 Westm. Gaz. 25 June 10/1 You won't get efficient motherhood from these hipless, rushing women.
1914 Metropolitan Sept. 24/2 His big muscular shoulders stood out on a well-knit, hipless figure.
1933 Follies Winter 18 The hipless girls of yesterday have passed out with petticoats and petting parties.
1978 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 1 May A python which glides, sinuous and hipless, up arms and shoulders and heads.
2011 N.Y. Mag. 22 Aug. 54/3 A more ideal version of the impossibly hipless and curveless women the fashion industry fetishizes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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