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Definition of Fleshless
1. a. Destitute of flesh; lean.
Definition of Fleshless
1. Adjective. Without flesh, lacking flesh. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fleshless
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleshless
Literary usage of Fleshless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Five Great Skeptical Dramas of History by John Owen (1896)
"Its hollow eyes and fleshless visage grin a cold and bitter mockery of his passion,
while from its mouth seems to proceed the words:— Cyprian, ..."
2. Fragments from German Prose Writers by Sarah Austin (1841)
"postures, — racks and flogs them, — tears them, body and mind ; — it is true it
is a lifeless, fleshless thing that he mangles so inhumanly. ..."
3. The Wanderer in Arabia: Or, Western Footsteps in Eastern Tracks by George T. Lowth (1855)
"... Caliph for a Day Hajji—A Day's Shopping—The fleshless Arab—Cleopatra's Needle—
An Obelisk for Sydenham—The Pleasures of Slave-holding—Dreams and Dreams. ..."
4. The Chief American Poets by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"But with thy fleshless palms Wrapt not in Eastern balms, Stretched, as if asking
alms, Why dost thou haunt me ? Then, from those cavernous eyes Pale flashes ..."
5. An Introduction to the Study of the Maya Hieroglyphs by Sylvanus Griswold Morley (1915)
"51), to which has been added the essential element of the 10 head, the fleshless
lower jaw, the combination of the two giving the head for 13. ..."
6. A Dictionary of Similes by Frank Jenners Wilstach (1916)
"fleshless as a joint of cane. — IRVIN S. COBB. fleshless as bars of steel.
— DUMAS, PERE. fleshless as the talons of a hawk. — EDWIN MARKHAM. ..."
7. The Secrets of Lawn Tennis by F. W. Payn (1906)
"In order to arrive at a definite conclusion it is necessary first to live on
fleshless foods for a month or two. After the natural tas'tes have had time to ..."
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