Champagneless

/ʃæmˈpeɪnləs/ adjective

Definition

Without champagne; lacking champagne as an ingredient or accompaniment.

Etymology

From champagne plus the suffix '-less' meaning without. A playful or ironic English construction typically used in literary or culinary writing.

Kelly Says

The word 'champagneless' is rarely used except as a joke—Victorian writers would use it ironically to describe sad or inferior occasions, turning the absence of champagne into a humorous mark of disappointment!

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