soaplessness
nounEtymology From soapless + -ness.
1
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:
- Related terms
- nonsoap, nonsoapy, unsoapy, soaplessly, soapless soap, unsoaped