chinless

English

Etymology

From chin +‎ -less.

Adjective

chinless (not comparable)

1. Without a (pronounced) chin.
   • 1949, George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Part Three, Chapter 1, [1]

     Opposite Winston there sat a man with a chinless, toothy face exactly like that of some large, harmless rodent.

   • 1970, Bevis Hillier, Cartoons and caricatures, page 152:

     'Flook' by Trog': note the classic representation of the chinless wonder and the chinful wonderess.

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

Synonyms

• gormless

Derived terms

• chinlessness
• chinless wonder

 

Translations

without a chin

• Esperanto: senmentona
• Manx: neusmegginagh
• Portuguese: desqueixado (pt) m

Anagrams

• slinches