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Added 10 October 2026

featherless

/ˈfɛðələs/ adjective

In Latin: implūmis Wiktionary

adjective Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about featherless at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Having no feathers.
a featherless biped

Origin

From Middle English fethirles, fedyrles, equivalent to feather + -less. Cognate with Dutch veerloos, German federlos, Swedish fjäderlös.

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