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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.
1646Sir 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. 1818Q. Rev. XVIII. 235 A hard, dry, ‘exsuccous’ style of writing. 1821Blackw. Mag. X. 561 The clouds hung like exsuccous sponges in the sky. |