different between makeless vs maleless

makeless

English

Etymology

From Middle English makeles, equivalent to make (companion, mate, equal, peer) +? -less. Cognate with Danish mageløs (matchless), Swedish makalös (incomparable, peerless, matchless), German makellos (without defect).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /me?kl?s/

Adjective

makeless (not comparable)

  1. (now archaic, rare) Matchless, without equal, peerless.
  2. (obsolete) Without a mate; widowed.
    • 1592–1609, William Shakespeare, Sonnet IX:
      The world will wail thee, like a makeless wife.

Translations

Anagrams

  • Eskmeals

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maleless

English

Etymology

male +? -less

Adjective

maleless (not comparable)

  1. Devoid of males.
    • 2004, Geoffrey A. Hammerson, Connecticut wildlife: biodiversity, natural history, and conservation
      The small woolly females of this maleless species give rise to more females that feed by inserting their tubular mouthparts into the bark.

Anagrams

  • mealless

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