sapless

Adjective
Synonyms: decrepitdebilefeebleinfirmricketyweakweakly

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality“a feeble old woman”“her body looked sapless”Synonyms: decrepitdebilefeebleinfirmricketyweakweakly
  2. destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry“the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks — Norman Mailer”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Sapless \Sap"less\, a.

1.Destitute of sap; not juicy. [1913 Webster]

2.Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless. "A somewhat sapless womanhood." --Lowell. [1913 Webster]

Now sapless on the verge of death he stands.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]
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