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English
Etymology
From men + -less.
Adjective
menless (not comparable)
- Without men.
1901, Frank Hamilton Cushing, “Átahsaia, the Cannibal Demon”, in Zuñi Folk Tales, New York, N.Y., London: G. P. Putnam’s Sons; The Knickerbocker Press, page 377:A beast that caused unto fatherless children, unto menless women, unto womenless men (who thus became through his evil will), tears and sad thoughts, has this day been looked upon by the Sun and laid low.
1905, Emil Friend, “The Alliance”, in Masks: A Novel, Chicago, Ill.: Geo. W. Ogilvie & Co., page 19:Womenless men— […] . Menless women—female bachelors, divorcées, authentic and spurious widows—were mostly told off each in one room.
2000, Dael Orlandersmith, “The Gimmick”, in Beauty’s Daughter, Monster, The Gimmick, New York, N.Y.: Vintage Books, →ISBN, pages 74–75:[…] only women in the living room / no men / only women passing a bottle between them / menless / some are sad about it / being menless […] with the menlesss women complaining […]