soaplessness

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English

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Etymology

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From soapless +‎ -ness.

Noun

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soaplessness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being soapless; lack of soap; hence, uncleanliness.
    • 1884, The English household magazine, page 31:
      In the common kitchen, you may see them grouped picturesquely enough, but with an unsavoury monotony of soaplessness []
    • 1931, The Week-end Review, volume 3, numbers 43-68, page 433:
      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.