a. [f. SUPPER sb.1 + -LESS.] Without supper.
1515. Barclay, Egloges, ii. (1570), B iv/1. I had leuer Cornix go supperlesse to bed.
1579. Gosson, Sch. Abuse (Arb.), 45. Their Wiues and Children cry out for bread, and go to bedde supperlesse ofte in the yeere.
1598. B. Jonson, Ev. Man in Hum., III. iv. They’le keepe a man devoutly hungrie, all day, and at night send him supperlesse to bed.
1623. Bingham, Xenophon, 23. The most part of the Grecians were supperlesse, as also they wanted their dinner that day.
1728. Pope, Dunc., I. 115. Swearing and supperless the Hero sate.
1822. T. L. Peacock, Maid Marian, iii. The baron had passed a supperless and sleepless night.
1876. Miss Braddon, J. Haggard’s Dau., I. 72. If he had not supped with the minister he might have gone supperless to bed.
