sapless

Words with a similar base: sapless

'sapless'

[decrepit.s.02] as in: lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

Examples:
a feeble old woman
her body looked sapless

'sapless'

[sapless.s.02] as in: destitute of sap and other vital juices; dry; - Norman Mailer

Examples:
the rats and roaches scurrying along the sapless planks

Origins

					sapless (English)
├── -less (English)
│   └── -leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
│       └── leas (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── sap (English)
    ├── saper (French)
    │   └── sape (French)
    │       └── sappa (Latin)
    └── sæp (Old English (ca. 450-1100))

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