milklessadj.
/ˈmɪlklᵻs/, U.S. /ˈmɪlklᵻs/ 1. Providing or containing no milk; lacking milk. Also figurative.
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milky1557
milkful1589
full-breasted1611
liberal?1624
milkless1636
busty1867
bosomful1870
pneumatic1910
bosomy1928
top-heavy1934
breasty1937
well-endowed1951
chesty1955
the world > food and drink > drink > tea > [adjective] > qualities of tea
milkless1816
slushy1839
miserable1842
overdrawn1847
raw1881
mealy1892
stewy1895
tannined1898
potty1901
stiff1904
stewed1908
metallic1909
1636 T. Goodwin Childe of Light ii. 32 Hast thou found a promise (which is a breast of consolation) milklesse?
a1653 Z. Boyd Zion's Flowers (1855) 33 The sucklings..Doe from their milklesse mother's brests draw blood.
a1788 N. Cotton Var. Pieces Verse & Prose (1791) I. 32 Nor injur'd cows their wants bewail, Nor dairies mourn the milkless pail.
1816 ‘Quiz’ Grand Master v. 120 With musty bread, and milkless tea.
1898 Pall Mall Mag. Sept. 97 A cup of lukewarm coffee, sugarless and milkless.
1903 Contemp. Rev. Mar. 311 Helpless babes were slowly dying at their milkless breasts.
1955 R. S. Thomas Song at Year's Turning 55 The ewes starve Milkless, for want of the new grass.
1989 A. Brookner Lewis Percy iv. 65 Mrs Harper drank cup after cup of watery milkless tea.
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1871 M. C. Cooke Handbk. Brit. Fungi I. 217 Russula..Gills nearly equal, milkless, rigid, brittle, with an acute edge.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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