"handless" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈhændləs/ Forms: more handless [comparative], most handless [superlative]
Rhymes: -ændləs Etymology: From Middle English handles, from Old English *handlēas, from Proto-Germanic *handulausaz (“handless”), equivalent to hand + -less. Cognate with West Frisian hânleas (“handless”), German handlos (“handless”), Icelandic handlauss (“handless”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|handles}} Middle English handles, {{inh|en|ang|*handlēas}} Old English *handlēas, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*handulausaz|t=handless}} Proto-Germanic *handulausaz (“handless”), {{suf|en|hand|less}} hand + -less, {{cog|fy|hânleas|t=handless}} West Frisian hânleas (“handless”), {{cog|de|handlos|t=handless}} German handlos (“handless”), {{cog|is|handlauss|t=handless}} Icelandic handlauss (“handless”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} handless (comparative more handless, superlative most handless)
  1. Without a hand. Categories (topical): Anatomy Translations (without a hand): ἄχειρος (ákheiros) (Ancient Greek), безрък (bezrǎk) (Bulgarian), 無手 (Chinese Mandarin), 无手 (wúshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), bezruký (Czech), kädetön (Finnish), handlos (German), armlos (German), bezręki (Polish), maneta (Portuguese), безру́кий (bezrúkij) (Russian), manco (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-handless-en-adj-SWTkDmRi Disambiguation of Anatomy: 33 34 33 Disambiguation of 'without a hand': 98 2
  2. (obsolete) Not handy; awkward. Tags: obsolete Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-handless-en-adj-ioM-oF4k Disambiguation of Anatomy: 33 34 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English haplological words, English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 90 5 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 82 9 Disambiguation of English haplological words: 13 74 13 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

IPA: /ˈhændləs/
Rhymes: -ændləs Etymology: From handleless, by haplology, under the influence of etymology 1 above. Etymology templates: {{m|en|handleless}} handleless, {{l|en|haplology}} haplology Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} handless (not comparable)
  1. Without a handle. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Anatomy
    Sense id: en-handless-en-adj-4R3d7HOX Disambiguation of Anatomy: 33 34 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

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