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handless

adj.
UK //hˈændləs// hand·less Archaic
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Etymology 1

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 2

From handleless, by haplology, under the influence of etymology 1 above.

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