beefless

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *gʷṓws
Proto-Italic *gʷōs
Osco-Umbrianbor.?
Latin bovem
Anglo-Norman beofbor.
Middle English bef
English beef
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 beefless

    From beef + -less.

    Adjective

    beefless (not comparable)

    1. Without beef.
      • 1919, George Hinckley Lyman, The Story of the Massachusetts Committee on Public Safety:
        In September, Tuesday of each week was made a beefless day for public eating places.

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