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topless

[ top-lis ]

adjective

  1. lacking a top: tops:

    a topless bathing suit.

  2. nude above the waist or hips:

    topless dancers.

  3. featuring entertainers, waitresses, etc., who are nude above the waist or hips:

    a topless bar.

  4. extremely high:

    a topless mountain.

  5. Obsolete. without a peer.

topless

/ ˈɒɪ /

adjective

  1. having no top
    1. denoting a costume which has no covering for the breasts
    2. wearing such a costume
  3. archaic.
    immeasurably high
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٴDZԱ, noun
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Other Word Forms

  • ٴDZl·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of topless1

First recorded in 1580–90; top 1 + -less

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