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supperless

supperless adjective: without supper.

Adjective

supperless (not comparable)

  1. Without supper.
    • He often went to bed supperless.
    • Nungi, hungry and weary, had come to a fireless and supperless hut, and, after fire-making, was busy preparing supper for himself and Woona - she sitting calmly watching him.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 262

Origin of supperless

From supper + -less.

Words formed from supperless

Questions about supperless

What does supperless mean?
Supperless means without supper.
What part of speech is supperless?
Supperless is an adjective.

Words near supperless in the dictionary

  1. supper-times
  2. supperclub
  3. supperclubs
  4. suppered
  5. suppering
  6. supperless
  7. supperlessness
  8. suppermate
  9. suppermates
  10. suppers
  11. suppertime

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