toplessness

top·less

[top-lis]
adjective
1.
lacking a top: 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.

Origin:
1580–90; top1 + -less

top·less·ness, noun
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topless (ˈtɒplɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  having no top
2.  a.  denoting a costume which has no covering for the breasts
 b.  wearing such a costume
3.  archaic immeasurably high
 
'toplessness
 
n

topless (ˈtɒplɪs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  having no top
2.  a.  denoting a costume which has no covering for the breasts
 b.  wearing such a costume
3.  archaic immeasurably high
 
'toplessness
 
n

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topless definition


  1. mod.
    having to do with someone wearing no clothing above the waist, usually a woman. : The cops closed down the topless joint on Maple Street.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
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