chinless en · ADJ
Etymology
From chin + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a (pronounced) chin.
'Flook' by Trog': note the classic representation of the chinless wonder and the chinful wonderess.
1970, Bevis Hillier, Cartoons and caricatures, page 152:1949, 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.
- (not-comparable) Having a weak or indecisive character; ineffectual or dim-witted.
Deriveds
chinlessness · chinless wonder
Synonyms
Translations (5)
eo senmentona (without a chin) · gv neusmegginagh (without a chin) · pt desqueixado (without a chin) · pl z cofniętym podbródkiem (without a chin) · pl nieudolny (ineffectual or dimwitted)