waterless
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English
Etymology
From Middle English waterles, waterlees, from Old English wæterlēas (“waterless”), from Proto-Germanic *watōrlausaz, equivalent to water + -less. Cognate with Saterland Frisian woaterloos (“waterless”), West Frisian wetterleas (“waterless”), Dutch waterloos (“waterless”), German wasserlos (“waterless”), Swedish vattenlös (“waterless”), Icelandic vatnslaus (“waterless”).
Pronunciation
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Adjective
waterless (not comparable)
- Dry, arid, lacking water.
- The waterless desert can kill in many ways but dehydration is often fastest.
- 1946 January and February, “The Why and The Wherefore: Condensing Locomotives”, in Railway Magazine, page 62:
- Also the Russian lines over which these locomotives run pass through long stretches of waterless country, where the only alternative to hauling additional water-tank wagons is to conserve the water supply by condensing.
- 1978 April 29, Robert Etherington, “Cast As Decandents, Again”, in Gay Community News, page 13:
- Contrasting the luxurious life of the foreigners with the overcrowded, fetid, waterless existence of the Arabs.
- Not requiring water.
- How does a waterless urinal have a drain trap?
Translations
See also
- Westley Waterless (a misnomer from Old English)
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