Breathless

Breath"less (?), 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.

© Webster 1913.