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drinkless

drinkless adjective: without a drink, without drinks.

Adjective

drinkless (not comparable)

  1. Without a drink, without drinks.
    • 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.1954 December, Cecil J. Allen, “British Locomotive Practice and Performance”, in Railway Magazine, pages 853-854

Origin of drinkless

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

Words formed from drinkless

Questions about drinkless

What does drinkless mean?
Drinkless means without a drink, without drinks.
What part of speech is drinkless?
Drinkless is an adjective.

Words near drinkless in the dictionary

  1. drinking-straws
  2. drinking-up time
  3. drinking-up times
  4. drinkings
  5. drinkle
  6. drinkless
  7. drinklessness
  8. drinkmaking
  9. drinkologist
  10. drinkologists
  11. drinkometer

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