tealess, a.
(ˈtiːlɪs)
[f. tea n. + -less.]
Without or destitute of tea; not having had one's tea.
| 1821 Blackw. Mag. X. 562 Day pass'd, defrauded of its moistest meals, Breakfastless, milkless, tealess, soupless. 1849 Thackeray Pendennis lxiv, He..sat..rapt in wonder, tealess, and bread-and-butterless. 1858 Trollope Dr. Thorne xxx, There she waited till ten o'clock, tealess. |