skinlessadj.

Brit.

/ˈskɪnlᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈskɪnlᵻs/

Forms: see skin n. and -less suffix.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: skin n., -less suffix.

Etymology: < skin n. + -less suffix. Compare Old Icelandic skinnlauss.

1. That lacks skin; that has had the skin removed.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > not covered by skin, husk, or bark > not covered by skin

skinlessa1425

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > sausage > [adjective] > skinless

skinless1922

a1425 (a1349) R. Rolle Meditations on Passion (Uppsala) (1917) 47 Þi flessh þere þe cros sittes is skynles and ouerrunne wiþ blodi rowes.

1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. ix. f. lxxxvj The wulf ranne aweye skynles wherfore he had ynough to doo to defende and put from hym the flyes whiche greued hym sore.

?a1563 W. Baldwin Beware Cat (1584) ii. sig. C.iv^v A kite belike very hungry, spide at my back the skinlesse Fox, and thinking to haue had a morsel: strake at it.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 59 The head woulde bee very deformed if it were skinnelesse, where it is couered with haire.

1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles A iv Those skinlesse Snailes that lift vp their hornes for nothing.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fricandeaux, short, skinlesse, and daintie puddings.

1648 T. Calvert Diatriba in tr. M. Samuel Jew of Marocco 32 This I suppose is not apella, that is impellis, a skinlesse or circumcjsed Jew, but apella, or Apellas..the name of some Jew well known at Rome.

1738 Gentleman's Mag. June 310/1 What is it that's born Skinless, flies Wingless, and goes roaring to Death?

1791 A. Thomson Whist i. 9 He..sends him bleeding from the noble fray, With batter'd bones and skinless front away.

1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xxi. 291 He was looking..at the skinless cast on the chimney-piece.

1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 78 [The raven] pranced about on his [sc. the wolf's] scraggy skinless carcase.

1922 G. Saintsbury Scrap Bk. lii. 196 The Oxford sausage (much herbed, skinless, and moulded into sausage-shape only just before cooking).

1932 Science May 540/2 The test tissues consisted principally of..embryo skin and skinless embryo of the mouse.

1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play xvii. 170 He..had..eaten a tin of skinless frankfurters with a purée of mashed yam.

2006 Weight Watchers Mag. June 58/3 Spanish chicken: Lightly brown a skinless chicken leg in a pan.

†2. Of particular varieties of crop plant, fruit, etc.: having or characterized by very thin skin. Esp. in skinless pear. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. i. iii. 6 The best for the Summer are the Little Muscats, the Cuisses Madam (or Lady-Thigh) the Skinless Pear.

1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. vii. 28 The..skinless Pear is a kind of Russelet in Shape and Taste.

1828 Tasmanian 12 Dec. 2 On Wednesday last a field of what is called skinless barley, was cut on the farm of Mr Mather, at Muddy Plains.

1832 W. R. Prince Pomological Man. (ed. 2) i. 16 This fruit is known about Boston by the name of Skinless pear, which in fact is a very different fruit.

3. figurative. Sensitive to criticism; easily hurt or offended. Cf. thin-skinned adj. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective] > sensitive to criticism

tender-eared1529

narrow in the shoulders1551

thin-skinned1680

skinless1823

weak-skinned1933

1823 J. Galt Entail I. vii. 56 This was..said in a mild and sympathetic manner; but the heart of Claud, galled and skinless by the corrosion of his own thoughts, felt it as a reproach, and he interrupted him sharply.

1859 Sat. Rev. 19 Mar. 331/2 There was nothing in it to make the most skinless man in existence wince.

1937 R. Jeffers Such Counsels 96 These fellows..rarely feel pain outside their own skins: whilst I like a dowser go here and there With skinless pity for the dipping hazel-fork.

1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xiii. 382 Sensitive times, people are touchy, skinless, you may be giving them too much truth.

Derivatives

ˈskinlessly adv.

ΚΠ

1859 A. K. H. Boyd Recreat. Country Parson in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 403/1 You will find not only are they themselves skinlessly sensitive, but that their sensitiveness is not bounded by their own mental and corporeal being.

1997 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 4 Jan. h5 Your typical French couturier is a skinlessly hypersensitive homosexual with a dominant mother.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	skinless
释义	skinlessadj. Brit. /ˈskɪnlᵻs/, U.S. /ˈskɪnlᵻs/ Forms: see skin n. and -less suffix. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: skin n., -less suffix. Etymology: < skin n. + -less suffix. Compare Old Icelandic skinnlauss. 1. That lacks skin; that has had the skin removed. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > uncovering > [adjective] > not covered by skin, husk, or bark > not covered by skin skinlessa1425 the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > sausage > [adjective] > skinless skinless1922 a1425 (a1349) R. Rolle Meditations on Passion (Uppsala) (1917) 47 Þi flessh þere þe cros sittes is skynles and ouerrunne wiþ blodi rowes. 1484 W. Caxton tr. Subtyl Historyes & Fables Esope v. ix. f. lxxxvj The wulf ranne aweye skynles wherfore he had ynough to doo to defende and put from hym the flyes whiche greued hym sore. ?a1563 W. Baldwin Beware Cat (1584) ii. sig. C.iv^v A kite belike very hungry, spide at my back the skinlesse Fox, and thinking to haue had a morsel: strake at it. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 59 The head woulde bee very deformed if it were skinnelesse, where it is couered with haire. 1600 tr. T. Garzoni Hosp. Incurable Fooles A iv Those skinlesse Snailes that lift vp their hornes for nothing. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Fricandeaux, short, skinlesse, and daintie puddings. 1648 T. Calvert Diatriba in tr. M. Samuel Jew of Marocco 32 This I suppose is not apella, that is impellis, a skinlesse or circumcjsed Jew, but apella, or Apellas..the name of some Jew well known at Rome. 1738 Gentleman's Mag. June 310/1 What is it that's born Skinless, flies Wingless, and goes roaring to Death? 1791 A. Thomson Whist i. 9 He..sends him bleeding from the noble fray, With batter'd bones and skinless front away. 1850 C. Kingsley Alton Locke I. xxi. 291 He was looking..at the skinless cast on the chimney-piece. 1891 J. C. Atkinson Last of Giant-killers 78 [The raven] pranced about on his [sc. the wolf's] scraggy skinless carcase. 1922 G. Saintsbury Scrap Bk. lii. 196 The Oxford sausage (much herbed, skinless, and moulded into sausage-shape only just before cooking). 1932 Science May 540/2 The test tissues consisted principally of..embryo skin and skinless embryo of the mouse. 1972 D. Bloodworth Any Number can Play xvii. 170 He..had..eaten a tin of skinless frankfurters with a purée of mashed yam. 2006 Weight Watchers Mag. June 58/3 Spanish chicken: Lightly brown a skinless chicken leg in a pan. †2. Of particular varieties of crop plant, fruit, etc.: having or characterized by very thin skin. Esp. in skinless pear. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1693 J. Evelyn tr. J. de La Quintinie Compl. Gard'ner i. i. iii. 6 The best for the Summer are the Little Muscats, the Cuisses Madam (or Lady-Thigh) the Skinless Pear. 1706 G. London & H. Wise Retir'd Gard'ner I. i. vii. 28 The..skinless Pear is a kind of Russelet in Shape and Taste. 1828 Tasmanian 12 Dec. 2 On Wednesday last a field of what is called skinless barley, was cut on the farm of Mr Mather, at Muddy Plains. 1832 W. R. Prince Pomological Man. (ed. 2) i. 16 This fruit is known about Boston by the name of Skinless pear, which in fact is a very different fruit. 3. figurative. Sensitive to criticism; easily hurt or offended. Cf. thin-skinned adj. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > touchiness > [adjective] > sensitive to criticism tender-eared1529 narrow in the shoulders1551 thin-skinned1680 skinless1823 weak-skinned1933 1823 J. Galt Entail I. vii. 56 This was..said in a mild and sympathetic manner; but the heart of Claud, galled and skinless by the corrosion of his own thoughts, felt it as a reproach, and he interrupted him sharply. 1859 Sat. Rev. 19 Mar. 331/2 There was nothing in it to make the most skinless man in existence wince. 1937 R. Jeffers Such Counsels 96 These fellows..rarely feel pain outside their own skins: whilst I like a dowser go here and there With skinless pity for the dipping hazel-fork. 1999 S. Rushdie Ground beneath her Feet (2000) xiii. 382 Sensitive times, people are touchy, skinless, you may be giving them too much truth. Derivatives ˈskinlessly adv. ΚΠ 1859 A. K. H. Boyd Recreat. Country Parson in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 403/1 You will find not only are they themselves skinlessly sensitive, but that their sensitiveness is not bounded by their own mental and corporeal being. 1997 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 4 Jan. h5 Your typical French couturier is a skinlessly hypersensitive homosexual with a dominant mother. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.a1425
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