wenchless

English

Etymology

wench +‎ -less

Adjective

wenchless (not comparable)

(archaic) Without women or a woman.
- c. 1606–1608, Shakespeare, William, Pericles, Prince of Tyre, Act 4, Scene 2:
  Search the market narrowly. Mytilene is full of / gallants. We lost too much money this mart by being too / wenchless.

Synonyms

womanless, womenless

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