beerless

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adjective

Without beer; lacking beer.

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectivebeerless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithout 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

Origin

  1. Proto-Germanic*beuzą
  2. Proto-West Germanic*beuʀ
  3. Old Englishbēor
  4. Middle Englishber
  5. Englishbeer
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  8. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  9. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  10. Englishbeerless

From beer + -less.

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APA

beerless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beerless

MLA

“beerless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beerless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beerless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beerless.

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