meatless
adj/ˈmiːtləs/
Etymology From Middle English meteles, from Old English metelēas (“foodless”), equivalent to meat + -less.
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Without meat.
- A meatless day or a beerless or tealess day does not suggest moderation so much as immoderation.1916, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art:
- Are we to understand from paragraph 1 (c) that [the residents of Malta] are entirely meatless? or have they cattle they can kill, and if so how many?1942, Winston S. Churchill, The Hinge of Fate, vol. 4 of The Second World War (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1950), p. 300. [Memo from Prime Minister Churchill to General Ismay dated April 3, 1942]
1 more example
- “Eating more plants and going meatless is a good way to preserve your health,” said Dr. Robert Graham, who is board certified in both internal and integrative medicine. […] Some fun meatless recipes include jackfruit sandwiches in place of pulled pork; black bean meatless balls or eggplant and shiitake “meatballs.”2020 May 19, Lisa Drayer, “How to eat less meat and more plants”, in CNN:
- Derived terms
- meatless loaf, meatlessly, meatlessness