Rindless

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Lacking the exterior skin that is usually present on certain fruits or dairy products, this term describes items stripped of their natural protective layer and indicates complete absence of any outer covering
2. Describes something that does not have the usual outer layer or peel found on fruits or cheeses
3. Referring to an item missing the protective surface coating normally seen on certain edible objects

Etymology: "Rindless" is a plain formation: the noun "rind," meaning the tough outer skin or peel of fruit, cheese, bacon and similar things, combined with the suffix "-less," which means "without." Put together, the adjective describes something that has no rind at all, such as a peeled fruit or a cheese without its crust. The suffix does most of the work here. "-less" has been attached to English nouns since Old English to form adjectives of absence, as in "careless" or "homeless," so a speaker who knows "rind" can build "rindless" on the spot without needing a separate dictionary entry for it. The word is transparent in the way many everyday English adjectives are, and its meaning follows directly from its two parts.

Synonyms: bare, naked, uncovered

Antonyms: rinded, covered, encased