a. Also in 7 exuccous. [f. L. exsucc-us without juice, f. ex- (see EX- pref.1) + 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. Ibid. (1672), Lett. to Friend, xv. (1881), 137–8. 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.
