exsuccous, a.
(ɛksˈsʌkəs)
Also in 7 exuccous.
[f. L. exsucc-us without juice, f. ex- (see ex- prefix1) + succus (sūcus) juice + -ous.]
Without juice, sapless. Also fig.
| 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. vi. 99 That which is brought exuccous and dry unto us. 1672 ― Lett. Friend xv. (1881) 138 Most Men expected to find a consumed Kell..in this exuccous corps. 1818 Q. Rev. XVIII. 235 A hard, dry, ‘exsuccous’ style of writing. 1821 Blackw. Mag. X. 561 The clouds hung like exsuccous sponges in the sky. |