Bible Dictionaries
Breathless

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath.

(2):

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

(3):

(a.) Dead; as, a breathless body.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Breathless'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​b/breathless.html. 1828.