stingless

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adjective

Having no sting.

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

adjectivestingless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving no sting.

    Cassius. […] for your words, they rob the Hybla bees, And leave them honeyless. Antony. Not stingless too. Brutus. O yes, and soundless too; For you have stol’n their buzzing, Antony, And very wisely threat before you sting.

    1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene i]

Origin

  1. Englishsting
  2. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  4. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  5. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  6. Englishstingless

From sting + -less.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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