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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sek
"Les branches mortes étaient sèches et cassantes."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Deals with plants or wood that have lost their moisture, vitality, or inner sap; dried up or withered.
"The old orchard was filled with sapless branches that snapped easily in the winter wind." - 2
Lacking energy, vitality, spirit, or emotional warmth; lifeless or dull.
"His writing style became increasingly sapless and academic over the decades."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old English noun 'sæp' (meaning juice, fluid of plants) combined with the native Germanic suffix '-lēas' (meaning devoid of or lacking). Historically attested in Middle English, the term originally referred literally to withered or dried-up vegetation lacking vital fluids before expanding metaphorically to describe people lacking vigor, spirit, or emotional depth.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Sapless" is said worldwide
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Transliteration: sek
"Les branches mortes étaient sèches et cassantes."
saftlos
Transliteration: zaftloːs
"Der alte Baum war völlig saftlos geworden."
linfatico
Transliteration: linˈfatiko
"Quel ramo secco è completamente privo di linfa."
exsugüe
Transliteration: eksˈsu.ɣwe
"El tronco seco ya no tenía savia."
exsucc
Transliteration: eˈsuɡi
Script: exsugo
"As plantas ficaram secas após a longa seca."
रसहीन
Transliteration: rasheen
"वह सूखा हुआ पेड़ पूरी तरह से रसहीन हो गया था।"
枯萎的
Transliteration: kūwěi de
"这棵老树的树枝已经枯萎乏力了。"
수액이 없는
Transliteration: sueg-i eobsneun
"그 나무는 오래전에 생기를 잃고 말라버렸다."
汁気のない
Transliteration: shirukeno nai
"庭の木はすっかり枯れて水分がなくなっていた。"
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