irisless

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adjective

Without irises.

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Meanings

adjectiveirisless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout irises.
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    Whether the granite menagerie was Arbo’s idea or the sculptor’s vision is not clear. The animals—a baby rhino, a lion, a hyena, on cocked forelegs, with drooping necks, irisless eyes—watch a horizon that does not exist for the buildings, stoop to drink from an oasis that does not exist for the concrete.

    1999, Colson Whitehead, The Intuitionist, Fleet (2017), page 245

Origin

From iris + -less.

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APA

irisless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irisless

MLA

“irisless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irisless. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “irisless,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irisless.

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