featherless C2 Topic:Animals US /ˈfɛð.ɚ.ləs/ UK /ˈfeð.ə.ləs/ See IPA manual Freq #133153 Meanings 1 adj having no feathers or having lost the usual covering of feathers Plato's definition of a human as a featherless biped invited a famous counterexample involving a plucked chicken. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · having no feathers or... unfeatheredapteric ↔ Opposites feathered Word family Related forms featherbipedplumage Etymology From Middle English fethirles or fedyrles, formed from feather + -less. It is cognate with Dutch veerloos and German federlos, parallel Germanic compounds meaning "without feathers." Topics Animals External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # featherless **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfɛð.ɚ.ləs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈfeð.ə.ləs/ **Frequency rank:** 133153 ## Meanings 1. having no feathers or having lost the usual covering of feathers ## Examples - Plato's definition of a human as a featherless biped invited a famous counterexample involving a plucked chicken. ## Synonyms - unfeathered - apteric ## Antonyms - feathered ## Related Forms - feather - biped - plumage ## Etymology From Middle English fethirles or fedyrles, formed from feather + -less. It is cognate with Dutch veerloos and German federlos, parallel Germanic compounds meaning "without feathers." ## Topics - Animals markdown