manless
adjEtymology From Middle English manles, from Old English mannlēas, from Proto-Germanic *manalausaz, equivalent to man + -less. Cognate with Dutch manloos, German mannlos, Icelandic mannlauss.
1
Without a man or men.
2
Lacking masculinity.
- A eunuch is a negative creature. A beardless Moslem is contemptuously designated as manless.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page iii:
- Derived terms
- manlessly, manlessness
- Related terms
- menless