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shirtlessness

noun

Etymology

From shirtless + -ness.

  1. inherited from *skurtijǭ✻ — “a short garment, skirt, apron”
  2. inherited from *skurtijā✻
  3. inherited from sċyrte
  4. inherited from sherte
  5. suffixed as shirtless — “shirt + less”
  6. suffixed as shirtlessness — “shirtless + ness”

Definitions

  1. Absence of shirts.

    • An organizational crisis erupted, which resulted in reverting to a ban on all shirtlessness. Outraged, six gay men flouted the policy, arguing that shirtlessness was a question of liberation[…]

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