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toeless

toeless

1 4.6
A shoe or sock that does not cover the toes
  • adjective
  • /ˈtoʊləs/
translation icon : sin dedos
  • For summer, I prefer to wear toeless shoes that keep my feet cool.
  • toeless pantyhose

Examples

  • He slipped on his toeless slippers before relaxing on the couch.

  • I brought a crownless hat, a backless dress,... and some toeless shoes.

  • I'm toeless, you know.

  • The heads are earless, the hands fingerless, and the feet toeless.

    Blog text (11)
  • She wore a housedress and toeless slippers, her hair sprayed up stiffly onto her head.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • She was wearing a wool skirt and expensive-looking toeless pumps with her elegant, perfectly painted toes just visible in a bright, stylish enamel.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • Christmas was coming; the Salvation Army was out; the kneeless, toeless, thighless beggars were out; little tinseled reindeer were prancing in the windows of Filene's.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • She wore toeless sandals that allowed her painted toenails to show.

Antonyms

2 6.3

Having a certain number or type of toes

Surface Forms

toeless positive

Morphology

toeless = toe (transparent) = toe + less

Formed from the noun 'toe' plus the productive suffix '-less' meaning 'without', so the meaning is directly derivable.

Etymology

The word toeless is made of toe and -less, where toe is the small front part of your foot and -less means 'without'. So toeless describes shoes or clothing that leave the toes open or have no covering for the toes.