cheeseless

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adjective

Without cheese.

OriginProto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs- ← English cheese →
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Meanings

adjectivecheeseless (not comparable)

alternative cheese-less

  1. not comparableWithout cheese.

    In 1983, for example, the government bought 12 percent of all dairy products and stored away (presumably for a rainy, cheeseless, day) some 17 billion pounds of butter, cheese, and dried milk.

    1986, Robert L. Lineberry, Government in America: People, Politics, and Policy

Origin

  1. Latincāseus
  2. Proto-Germanic*kāsijaz
  3. Proto-West Germanic*kāsī
  4. Old Englishċīese
  5. Middle Englishchese
  6. Englishcheese
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  9. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  11. Englishcheeseless

From cheese + -less.

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APA

cheeseless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheeseless

MLA

“cheeseless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheeseless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cheeseless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cheeseless.

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