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Webster 1913 Edition


Sapless

Sap′less

,
Adj.
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sapless

SAP'LESS

,
Adj.
[from sap.]
1.
Destitute of sap; as a sapless tree or branch.
2.
Dry; old; husky; as a sapless usurer.

Definition 2024


sapless

sapless

English

Adjective

sapless (comparative more sapless, superlative most sapless)

  1. (of a plant) lacking in sap
  2. (figuratively, of a person etc.) lacking vivacity

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