chinless, a.
(ˈtʃɪnlɪs)
[f. chin n.1 + -less.]
a. Without a chin. b. Without the firmness of character held to be expressed by a prominent chin. Esp. in phr. chinless wonder.
| 1828 Blackw. Mag. XXIII. 598 Earless, eyeless, cheekless, noseless, and chinless. 1881 Voice (N. York) 17 Mar. 5/4 A nation of chinless men—without opinions. 1962 Times 22 Nov. 18/7 Debutantes and their chinless wonders of husbands—just down from Oxford. 1964 J. Gardner Liquidator vii. 137 Quadrant..was a chinless wonder of the first water. 1967 J. Burke Till Death us do Part v. 90 We don't need a lot of chinless wonders sitting up in the House of Lords. |