soaplessness

English

Etymology

soapless +‎ -ness

Noun

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.