Dictionary entry

Breathless

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Breath″less (brĕth″lĕs), a. 1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.

2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention.

But breathless, as we grow when feeling most.

Byron.

3. Dead; as, a breathless body.