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soaplessness en · NOUN

Etymology

From soapless + -ness.

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) The state or condition of being soapless; lack of soap; hence, uncleanliness.
    • In the common kitchen, you may see them grouped picturesquely enough, but with an unsavoury monotony of soaplessness[…] 1884, The English household magazine, page 31:
    • One poor devil, unused to ragging, and reproached with soaplessness, went out and shot himself in the area, and at our library table a Suicide Club or pact (anterior to Louis Stevenson's) was solemnly formed. 1931, The Week-end Review, volume 3, numbers 43-68, page 433:

Relateds

soaplessly · nonsoap · nonsoapy · unsoapy · soapless soap · unsoaped