Balderdash for the Medieval Gay #84

(a compendium of queer words for the modern fag with a passion for the Middle Ages added hebdomadally on the Sabbath day)

84.) Impennate
-adjective

a.) Wingless or featherless.

b.) Characterised by short wings covered with feathers resembling scales, as in penguins.

c.) Flightless.*

[Origin: From Latin penna meaning "feather" or "wing."]

*It should be stated that although many members of the tribe are impennate, this fact hardly ever impedes their flight.