stomachlessadj.
/ˈstʌməklɪs/ a. Having no appetite. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > absence of appetite > [adjective]
stomachless1626
appetiteless1852
picky1867
1626 R. Montagu in J. Cosin Corr. 29 Jan. (1869) I. liv. 87 You will say this is nothing. I feele it some thing yet, being weake and stomacklesse.
1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. i. ii. 31 He was Stomachless, nautiated every thing they offer'd him to eat.
1722 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 32 30 This Application produced no considerable Alteration in the Dog; he neither appear'd sleepy nor stomachless.
b. Unresentful. Obsolete.
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the mind > emotion > calmness > meekness or mildness > [adjective]
stillc825
tamec888
mildeOE
lithea1000
daftc1000
meekc1325
lambishc1374
meeklyc1375
benign1377
temperatec1380
quieta1382
gall-lessa1398
mansuetea1425
meeta1425
unwrathful1542
rageless1578
lamb-like?1592
mildya1603
milky1602
pigeon-livered1604
placid1614
spleenless?1615
passive1616
unprovokable1646
milken1648
uncaptious1661
stomachless1727
unindignant1789
pianoa1817
ireless1829
unquarrelsome1830
quiet-goinga1835
uncholeric1834
unoffendable1839
baby-milda1845
quiet-tempered1846
turtlish1855
pathic1857
1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Stomachless, wanting an Appetite; also, not apt to resent.
2. Destitute of a stomach.
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the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > stomach or belly > [adjective] > having no
stomachless1865
1865 H. J. Slack in Intellectual Observer 7 96 A stomachless, organless thing, like the Gregarina.
Derivatives
ˈstomachlessness n.
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > appetite > absence of appetite > [noun]
stomachlessness1657
aphagia1951
1657 J. Trapp Comm. Job xxxiii. 21. 292 What marvel if..extreme stomacklesness cause leaness and deformity.
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