English edit

Etymology edit

spright +‎ -less

Adjective edit

sprightless (comparative more sprightless, superlative most sprightless)

  1. (archaic) Lacking life; dull; sluggish.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for sprightless”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)