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English
Etymology
From female + -less.
Adjective
femaleless (not comparable)
- Devoid of females.
1965, William L. Hedges, Washington Irving: an American study, 1802-1832:The monastery where Ottavio is later sent becomes a metaphor of the motherless, femaleless family to which the boy now belongs.
2007, Craig Romano, Day Hiking, Olympic Peninsula:Happy Lake was named by three pioneering bachelors extolling their emotional state in their femaleless society.
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