skinless

[ skin-lis ]

adjective

1. deprived of skin:

   a skinless carcass.

2. (of frankfurters or sausages) having no casing.

Word History and Origins

Origin of skinless¹

First recorded in 1300–50, skinless is from the Middle English word skinles. See skin, -less

Example Sentences

You could quickly sear a couple of boneless, skinless chicken breasts, or even make this with rotisserie chicken.

From Washington Post

Boneless, skinless chicken breasts that are actually delicious and moist, rather than kind of dry and tasteless.

From The Daily Beast

"Ah, you're skinless," scoffed Mapfarity, throwing the most deadly insult known.

From Project Gutenberg

Nobody else but the Skinless Devil has the prestige to make the people gather around him.

From Project Gutenberg

I clapped till my hands were skinless, and so did Sir James Mackintosh, who was with me in the box.

From Project Gutenberg

Only one other person knew that I was skinless, and she, alas, was skinless too.

From Project Gutenberg

The certainty of the absorption by a growing, almost skinless, foetus of any nutritive material in which it is constantly bathed.

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