Etymology

skinless

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Today it means: Not having an outer layer of skin or skinlike material, or with such a layer removed. Full definition →

Middle English skynles
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromskynles
  2. English todayskinless

From Middle English skynles, equivalent to skin + -less. Cognate with Old Norse skinnlauss (“skinless”).

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