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chinless

adj

Etymology

From chin + -less.

  1. inherited from *ǵénus✻
  2. inherited from *kinnuz✻
  3. inherited from *kinnu✻
  4. inherited from ċinn
  5. inherited from chyn
  6. suffixed as chinless — “chin + less”

Definitions

  1. Without a (pronounced) chin.

    • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Three, Chapter 1, http://www.gutenberg.net.au/ebooks01/0100021h.html Opposite Winston there sat a man with a chinless, toothy face exactly like that of some large, harmless rodent.
    • 'Flook' by Trog': note the classic representation of the chinless wonder and the chinful wonderess.

  2. Having a weak or indecisive character

    Having a weak or indecisive character; ineffectual or dim-witted.

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Derived

chinlessness, chinless wonder

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA