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foodless

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Lacking food; without food.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, rare

Examples

  • c. 1807, William Blake, Vala, or The Four Zoas in Blake: Complete Poems, edited by W. H. Stevenson, Routledge, 3rd edition, 2007, p. 321, lines 187-8, Why does the raven cry aloud & no eye pities her? / Why fall the sparrow & the robin in the foodless winter?

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adjective satellite

Meaning 2

being without food

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

Etymology

From Middle English fodeles, equivalent to food + -less.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 沒有食物 — lacking food
  • Chinese Mandarin: 没有食物 (méiyǒu shíwù) — lacking food
  • Finnish: ruoaton — lacking food
  • Ottoman Turkish: آزیقسز (azıksız) — lacking food