featherlessness
Lacking any plumage
Featherlessness is the state of having no feathers.
The word appears most often in philosophical contexts, alluding to Plato's definition of a human as a "featherless biped"—a definition Diogenes famously mocked by presenting a plucked chicken.
Outside this reference, the word sees little use.
Without roughness or difficulty
slick · glossy · exposed · skinlike · leathery · rubbery · pebbled · goosebumped
Lacking feathers or plumes
Pulled out forcefully
- dressedWearing garments
- oven-readyRequiring only cooking
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
- scaldedBurned by hot liquid
defeathered · processed · butchered · skinless · giblets · drumstick · breast · thigh
Pathological follicle loss
- moltingPeriodic shedding of covering
- defeatheringRemoving plumage from poultry
- baldnessAbsence of hair
- mangeMite-caused skin disease
Two-footed creature
- PlatoGreek philosopher, academy founder
- DiogenesFounder of Cynicism
- humanHomo sapiens individual
- definitionStatement of meaning
satire · species · classification · essentialism · categorization
smooth
Without roughness or difficulty
glabrous · slick · glossy · exposed · skinlike · leathery · rubbery · pebbled · goosebumped
unplumed
Lacking feathers or plumes
plucked
Pulled out forcefully
- dressedWearing garments
- oven-readyRequiring only cooking
- carcassSlaughtered animal's body
scalded · defeathered · processed · butchered · skinless · giblets · drumstick · breast · thigh · wing
alopecia
Pathological follicle loss
- moltingPeriodic shedding of covering
- defeatheringRemoving plumage from poultry
- baldnessAbsence of hair
biped
Two-footed creature
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