washless
washless adjective: without a wash, or an act of washing.
Adjective
washless (not comparable)
- Without a wash, or an act of washing.
- Seventy soapless, washless days.1918, Donald Baxter MacMillan, Four Years in the White North, page 260
- That does not involve washing.
- Beautiful women never use soap and water on their faces, since they find they can secure and retain complexions of sparkling beauty by the new washless method — the method that cleans out the clogged pores and keeps them clean.1912, Theatre Magazine, volume 16, page 23
- That does not need to be washed.
- There are now washless dishes, painless razors, painless shoes, painless corsets, prepared soups, painless photographs (it used to give you a stiff neck for three days to have your picture taken)[…]1924, Don Herold, So Human, page 40
Origin of washless
From wash + -less.
Questions about washless
- What does washless mean?
- Washless means without a wash, or an act of washing.
- What part of speech is washless?
- Washless is an adjective.
Words near washless in the dictionary
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