Sapless
[sæplis]
Definition
(adj.) destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; 'the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks'- Norman Mailer .
Checker: Roderick--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Destitute of sap; not juicy.
(a.) Fig.: Dry; old; husky; withered; spiritless.
Checker: Rene
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Without sap, destitute of sap.[2]. Decayed, dry, old.
Edited by Augustus
Examples
- The terrors and horrors of Cocytus and Styx, ghosts and sapless shades, and the rest of their Tartarean nomenclature, must vanish. Plato. The Republic.
- As well might you look for good fruit and blossom on a rootless and sapless tree, as for charms that will endure in a feeble and relaxed nature. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
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