topless
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Etymology edit
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topless (not comparable)
- Lacking a top.
- The sight-seeing bus is topless to allow tourists a better view of the sights.
- (poetic) Very high; towering.
- late 16th century Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:
- Was this the face that launch'd a thousand ships,
- And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?
- late 16th century Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus:
- (chiefly of a woman) Not wearing a garment covering the top half of the body; naked from the waist up.
- Synonyms: (of a woman) bare-breasted, (of a man) barechested, half-naked, semi-nude, shirtless, topfree
- The council voted to allow topless swimmers on the beach.
- (of a place) Featuring women that are naked from the waist up, often strippers or dancers.
- 1971, “L.A. Woman”, in Jim Morrison (lyrics), L.A. Woman, performed by The Doors:
- Driving down your freeways / Midnight alleys roam / Cops in cars, the topless bars / Never saw a woman so alone
- 1975, Bob Dylan (lyrics and music), “Tangled Up in Blue”, in Blood on the Tracks:
- She was workin' in a topless place / And I stopped in for beer / I just kept lookin' at the side of her face / In the spotlight so clear.
- Only her closest friends knew that Jenny was working at a topless bar to help with college expenses.
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Adverb edit
topless (not comparable)
- Not wearing any clothes on the upper body.
- 1985, Joan Morrison, Share House Blues, Boolarong Publications, page 43:
- 'I saw her,' said Neptune, 'sunbaking topless.'
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Noun edit
topless (plural toplesses)
- (automotive) A convertible car having the top retracted or otherwise open.
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English topless.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
topless (not comparable)
- topless (lacking clothes on the upper part of the body)
Inflection edit
Inflection of topless | ||||
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uninflected | topless | |||
inflected | topless | |||
comparative | — | |||
positive | ||||
predicative/adverbial | topless | |||
indefinite | m./f. sing. | topless | ||
n. sing. | topless | |||
plural | topless | |||
definite | topless | |||
partitive | topless |
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English topless.
Noun edit
topless m (invariable)
- the state of being topless
- a monokini or similar
Derived terms edit
Polish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English topless.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
topless (not comparable, no derived adverb)
- topless (naked from the waist up)
Adverb edit
topless (not comparable)
- topless (not wearing any clothes on the upper body)
Noun edit
topless m inan (indeclinable) or topless m inan
Declension edit
singular | plural | |
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nominative | topless | toplessy |
genitive | toplessu | toplessów |
dative | toplessowi | toplessom |
accusative | topless | toplessy |
instrumental | toplessem | toplessami |
locative | toplessie | toplessach |
vocative | toplessie | toplessy |
Further reading edit
- topless in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English topless.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
topless (invariable)
- (of a woman) topless (naked from the waist up)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English topless.
Adjective edit
topless m or f or n (indeclinable)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | topless | topless | topless | topless | ||
definite | — | — | — | — | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | topless | topless | topless | topless | ||
definite | — | — | — | — |
Spanish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English topless.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
topless (invariable)
- topless (of a woman, naked from the waist up)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.