beerless en · ADJ
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *beuzą Proto-West Germanic *beuʀ Old English bēor Middle English ber English beer Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English beerless From beer + -less.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without beer; lacking beer.
A meatless day or a beerless or tealess day does not suggest moderation so much as immoderation.
1916, The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science and Art: