Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
BREATHLESS
breathless, inanimate, pulseless
(adjective) appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse; “an inanimate body”; “pulseless and dead”
breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
(adjective) not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; “breathless at thought of what I had done”; “breathless from running”; “followed the match with breathless interest”
breathless, breathtaking
(adjective) tending to cause suspension of regular breathing; “a breathless flight”; “breathtaking adventure”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
breathless (comparative more breathless, superlative most breathless)
Having difficulty breathing; gasping.
That makes one hold one's breath (with excitement etc.).
Not breathing; dead or apparently so.
Having no wind; still, calm or airless.
Having a somewhat hysterical tone, using over-emotive language.
Source: Wiktionary
Breath"less, a.
1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.
2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. Byron.
3. Dead; as, a breathless body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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