girllessness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

girlless +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

girllessness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being girlless.
    • 2011, Neil Strauss, The Game and Rules of the Game:
      He was friends with a classmate of mine named Marko, a faux-aristocratic Serbian who had been my companion in girllessness since nursery school, thanks largely to his head, which was shaped like a watermelon.
    • 2012, Michael Chabon, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh:
      There had been a time in high school, see, when I wrestled with the possibility that I might be gay, a torturous six-month culmination of years of unpopularity and girllessness.