drinkless

English

Etymology

From Middle English drinkeles, drynkeles, equivalent to drink +‎ -less.

Adjective

drinkless (not comparable)

  1. Without a drink, without drinks.
    • 1954 December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 853-854:
      In 1938-1939, while I may have been no better off in time than in 1954, I should at least have had the use of a Pullman car in which to obtain a meal, instead of having to spend over 2½ hr. on a foodless and drinkless journey of no more than 77½ miles.

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