SAPLESS

sapless

(adjective) destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; “the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks”- Norman Mailer

decrepit, debile, feeble, infirm, rickety, sapless, weak, weakly

(adjective) lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality; “a feeble old woman”; “her body looked sapless”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

sapless (comparative more sapless, superlative most sapless)

(of a plant) Lacking in sap.

(figuratively, of a person etc.) Lacking vivacity.

Anagrams

• passels

Source: Wiktionary


Sap"less, a.

1. Destitute of sap; not juicy.

2. Fig.: Dry, old; husky; withered; spiritless. "A somewhat sapless womanhood." Lowell. Now sapless on the verge of death he stands. Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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