shirtless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈʃɜːtləs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈʃɝtləs/ (General-American)
- (Australia) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English shirt 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 shirtless From shirt + -less.
Meanings
-
Without a shirt.
shirtless sunbathing
a shirtless wardrobe
-
(of a male) Not wearing a shirt; having a bare torso, barechested.
We tried to block the glare from the lunch-break o’clock sun as we watched this babe with bejeweled nails dancing with a shirtless dude in the desert while rapping.
2019 December 14, Samantha Irby, “Lizzo: TIME's Entertainer of the Year”, in TIME, archived from the original on 14 Jan 2020:
- (idiomatic) Very poor.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more shirtless | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most shirtless | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
shirtlessly · shirtlessness · scared shirtless
Translations (7)
is ber að ofan (not wearing a shirt) · eo senĉemiza (not wearing a shirt) · de mit nacktem Oberkörper (not wearing a shirt) · ja 上半身裸 (not wearing a shirt) · sv barbröstad (not wearing a shirt) · cmn 赤膊 (not wearing a shirt) · fr torse nu (not wearing a shirt)