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单词 pepless
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peplessadj.

Brit. /ˈpɛpləs/, U.S. /ˈpɛpləs/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: pep n.1, -less suffix.
Etymology: < pep n.1 + -less suffix.
colloquial (originally U.S.).
Lacking energy, vigour, or spirit.
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the world > action or operation > inaction > disinclination to act or listlessness > [adjective] > lacking animation
deadOE
lifelessOE
unquickc1475
exanimate?c1550
flat1604
unsprighty1607
spiritless1609
dead-alive1617
fireless1647
uninformed1709
inanimate1713
unanimated1734
nerveless1735
inanimated1753
dispirited1758
dead and alive1863
unalive1905
pepless1909
zipless1922
soggy1928
undead1936
1909 Waterloo (Iowa) Times-Tribune 16 Oct. 8/5 Flaring posters urging ‘pepless invertebrates’ to ‘pep up’, and asserting that there is good ground for the statement that the ‘Grinnell spirit is dead’.
1938 Life 4 Apr. 45/1 (advt.) Skin troubles begin to clear up—your bowels to become regular, that pepless feeling to go.
1967 Observer 30 Apr. 11/3 The ‘vice’ in Saigon..has a pepless Playboy flavour.
1997 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 16 Sept. 81 As the season winds down into its final two weeks, the pepless Blue Jays appear to be merely playing out the string.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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