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lashless

lashless

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With no small hairs along the edge of the eyelids
  • adjective
  • /ˈlæʃləs/
: sin pestañas
  • A single adult-sized tear snaked down from under her lashless, blue-veined eyelid, landing in the delicate furred cup of her tiny ear.
  • lashless eyes

Examples

  • The doctor noted her lashless condition, making her eyes appear larger than usual.

  • I saw now the lashless eyes in the charred face.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • Breastless and bald, with ribbed arms, lashless eyes,

    Academic text (1992)

  • The lines in her face had become more deeply etched since the last time he had seen her, and her eyelids were swollen to the point that they appeared lashless.

    Fiction book (2002)

  • Her eye sockets were two deep lashless hollows in a taut skull" (LM, 46).

    Academic text (1997)

  • Of course, Mr. Z regarded me bemused, as you would regard a trained dog, elephant, or any freak removing his tinted glasses and revealing his eyes so naked and lashless.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • Her lashless eyes looked strangely vulnerable under the bright lights.

  • After the treatment, the patient's lashless eyelids gave her a unique appearance.

Surface Forms

lashless positive

Morphology

lashless = lash (transparent) = lash + less

The word 'lashless' is transparently derived from 'lash' with the suffix '-less', indicating the absence of eyelashes.

Etymology

Lashless is formed from lash, meaning 'eyelash', and the ending -less, meaning 'without'. So lashless simply means 'without eyelashes', which explains how the word is used today.