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Vinony

scaleless

adjective

  1. without scales
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈskeɪl.ləs/

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *skend-der. Proto-Indo-European *(s)kn̥d-sleh₂ Proto-Italic *skand-slā Latin scālabor. Middle English scale English scale Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English scaleless From scale + -less.

  1. Lacking anything to give a sense of scale; not having a reference for size.
  2. Of a surface: free from deposits of scale.
  3. Not having scales.

    “There are also some surprises such as Eurotamandua, a scaleless pangolin that looks astonishingly like a South American anteater.”

  4. Without using a set of scales.

    “scaleless dieting”