supperless

adj

supperless

adj

Etymology From supper + -less.

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:
Derived terms
supperlessness

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