liplessadj.
/ˈlɪplᵻs/, U.S. /ˈlɪplᵻs/ Having no lips.
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liplessc1400
c1400 Mandeville's Trav. (Roxb.) xxii. 100 Þai hafe a platte mouth, lippless.
1613 S. Purchas Descr. India in Pilgrimage (1864) 85 Drawing away the cover of their lips, as if they were liplesse.
1793 T. Holcroft tr. J. C. Lavater Ess. Physiognomy (abridged ed.) x. 59 A lipless mouth..denotes coldness.
1812 J. Baillie Orra v. ii, in Ser. of Plays III. 100 And lipless jaws that move and clatter round us In mockery of speech.
1849–52 Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. IV. ii. 886/2 The lipless mouth of the snake.
1862 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola I. xvi. 281 A..flat broad face, with high ears, wide lipless mouth [etc.].
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