| Pronunciation: | | 'saplis
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- [adj] destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; "the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks"- Norman Mailer
- [adj] lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"
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| | Synonyms: | | decrepit, feeble, frail, infirm, juiceless, weak, weakly |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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