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publess

publess adjective: lacking a pub.

Adjective

publess (not comparable)

  1. Lacking a pub.
    • Except for the fact they were publess, the roads were very pleasant and wide.2010, James Gibney, This Is Not about Cycling in Japan, page 89
    • The thankful status of this lovely, if publess, village is commemorated in a modest tablet in St Peter's Church, reached, rather unnervingly, via a sunken path between high banks densely packed with gravestones.2012, Nat Segnit, Pub Walks in Underhill Country

Origin of publess

From pub + -less.

Words formed from publess

Questions about publess

What does publess mean?
Publess means lacking a pub.
What part of speech is publess?
Publess is an adjective.

Words near publess in the dictionary

  1. Publ'g
  2. Publ'n
  3. publ.
  4. publand
  5. publands
  6. publess
  7. publessness
  8. public
  9. public access
  10. public access television
  11. public address system

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