Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Weak; feeble; pithless.
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Examples
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Kelly says of the word "foisonless," that it means "without strength or sap; dried up; withered."
The Proverbs of Scotland Alexander Hislop 1836
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Insurrection of Women, how foisonless, unedifying, undelightful; like small ale palled, like an effervescence that has effervesced!
The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838
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From Thomas Carlyle's The French Revolution
March 6, 2011