fleshless

adjective

flesh·​less

-shlə̇s

1

: lean and gaunt : emaciated

a pale fleshless face

2

: being without substance or body : disembodied

fleshless ghosts

Word History

Etymology

Middle English fleshles, from flesh + -les -less

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