SPIRITLESS, adjective 1. Destitute of spirits; wanting animation; wanting cheerfulness; dejected; depressed. 2. Destitute of vigor; wanting life, courage or fire; as a spiritless slave. A man so faint, so spiritless so dull, so dead in look-- 3. Having no breath; extinct; dead.
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI