showerlessadj.
/ˈʃaʊələs/, U.S. /ˈʃaʊ(ə)rləs/ Without a shower or showers (in various senses); (originally) dry, without rain; (later also) without facilities for showering; without having washed in a shower.
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rainless1557
showerless1744
unrainy1850
1744 J. Armstrong Art of preserving Health i. 16 Scarce in a showerless day the heavens indulge Our melting clime.
1801 S. T. Coleridge Let. to R. Southey in Lett. (1895) 357 I will be Supreme Bey of that showerless district.
1863 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 6 May 2/2 The almost showerless April, followed by the nightly frosts and dry days of May, begin to create considerable anxiety among agriculturists.
1927 Waterloo (Iowa) Evening Courier 4 Mar. 4/1 If you already have a showerless bathroom, you can put in a shower bath over the tub without much extra expense.
1978 Wisconsin State Jrnl. 22 Sept. 1/2 A showerless weekend of 70-degree-high, mildly breezy weather.
2002 J. Shields Mommy Trap vii. 98 No matter..how exhausted I was, I would not go showerless.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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