"drinkless" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: From Middle English drinkeles, drynkeles, equivalent to drink + -less. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|drinkeles}} Middle English drinkeles, {{suffix|en|drink|less}} drink + -less Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} drinkless (not comparable)
  1. Without a drink, without drinks. Tags: not-comparable Derived forms: drinklessness Translations (without a drink): 沒有飲料 (Chinese Mandarin), 没有饮料 (méiyǒu yǐnliào) (Chinese Mandarin), juomaton (Finnish)
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