chinless
English
Etymology
chin + -less
Adjective
chinless (not comparable)
- Without a (pronounced) chin.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Three, Chapter 1,
- Opposite Winston there sat a man with a chinless, toothy face exactly like that of some large, harmless rodent.
- 1970, Bevis Hillier, Cartoons and caricatures, page 152:
- 'Flook' by Trog': note the classic representation of the chinless wonder and the chinful wonderess.
- 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Three, Chapter 1,
- Having a weak or indecisive character; ineffectual or dim-witted.
Synonyms
- gormless
Derived terms
- chinless wonder
Translations
without a chin
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Anagrams
- slinches