anatomiless

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From anatomy +‎ -less.

Adjective[edit]

anatomiless (not comparable)

  1. Having no clear anatomy.
    • 1853, John Ruskin, “The Nature of Gothic”, in The Stones of Venice, volume II (The Sea-Stories), London: Smith, Elder, and Co., [], →OCLC, § XIV, pages 162–163:
      And, on the other hand, go forth again to gaze upon the old cathedral front, where you have smiled so often at the fantastic ignorance of the old sculptors: examine once more those ugly goblins, and formless monsters, and stern statues, anatomiless and rigid; but do not mock them, for they are signs of the life and liberty of every workman who struck the stone; []