bathlessadj.
/ˈbɑːθlɪs//ˈbaθlɪs/ Without a bath or baths; not having had a bath.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirty person > [adjective] > unwashed (of persons)
unwasheda1616
untoileted1819
soapless1825
unlaving1834
unsoaped1837
bathless1889
1889 Cent. Mag. Aug. 503/2 A bathless, breakfastless Mexican smokes his cigarette.
1907 Daily Chron. 14 Oct. 4/4 A crowd who have worked for a hot week, bathless.
1923 Blackwood Mag. May 605/1 We both regretted our bathless decision.
Derivatives
ˈbathlessness n. bathless condition.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > pollution or defilement > environmental pollution > [noun] > lack of sanitation
insanitation1884
bathlessness1909
1909 Cornhill Mag. Aug. 230 About the fact—of the bathlessness of the Pickwickians—we may infer that there is no doubt whatever.
1915 W. J. Locke Jaffery 315 With three days' bathlessness of my domestic staff upon my conscience.
1963 Guardian 13 Feb. 8/4 Birmingham is..preparing to mount a broad-fronted attack on bathlessness...30,000 to 50,000 homes lack bathrooms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1889