Breathless

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created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Tue Dec 21 1999 at 22:14:23

Breath"less (?), a.

1.

Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.

2.

Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention.

But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. Byron.

3.

Dead; as, a breathless body.

 

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