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flagonless

adj

Etymology

From flagon + -less.

  1. derived from *pleḱ-✻ — “to fold; to plait, weave”
  2. derived from *flehtaną✻ — “to braid, plait”
  3. derived from *flaskǭ✻ — “bottle; flask; vessel covered with plaiting”
  4. derived from *flaska✻ — “bottle; flask”
  5. derived from flascō — “bottle; glass or earthenware vessel for wine; portable barrel”
  6. derived from flascōnem
  7. derived from flacon
  8. derived from flacon
  9. inherited from flagon
  10. suffixed as flagonless — “flagon + less”

Definitions

  1. Without a flagon or, by extension, anything alcoholic to drink.

    • Wifeless, friendless, flagonless, alone, Not quite bookless, though, unless I choose ; Left with naught to do, except to groan, Not a soul to woo, except the Muse.
    • The cellar flagonless. The cupboard was only crusts.
    • She was looking longingly out of the window where Pedro the Penniless had joined Ignatius and his guitar at the flagonless table.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA