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beefless en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws Proto-Italic *gʷōs Osco-Umbrianbor.? Latin bovem Anglo-Norman beofbor. Middle English bef English beef Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English beefless From beef + -less.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Without beef.
   • In September, Tuesday of each week was made a beefless day for public eating places. 1919, George Hinckley Lyman, The Story of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety:

Deriveds

beeflessness

Relateds

porkless · meatless · milkless · chickenless