cornless

English

Etymology 1

From corn (“crop”) +‎ -less. Piecewise doublet of grainless.

Adjective

cornless (not comparable)

  1. Without corn (the crop).

Etymology 2

From corn (“callus”) +‎ -less. Piecewise doublet of hornless.

Adjective

cornless (not comparable)

  1. Without corns (calluses on the feet).
    • 1877, Henry Kendall, “Ode to a Black Gin”, in The Australian Town and Country Journal, page 24:
      Indeed, the "fashion" is a thing / That never cramped your cornless toes: / Your single jewel is a ring / Slung in your penetrated nose.
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