femaleless

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English

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Etymology

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female +‎ -less

Adjective

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femaleless (not comparable)

  1. 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.