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Destitute of money; penniless; impecunious. Swift.

Destitute of a mother; having lost a mother; as, motherless children.

Destitute of a motive; not incited by a motive. -- Mo"tive*less*ness, n. G. Eliot.

Destitute of a mouth.

Destitute of horns, although belonging to a species of animals most of which have horns; hornless; polled; as, mulley cattle; a mulley (or moolley) cow. [U. S.] [Written also muley.]

Unprovided with needful or desirable accessories, means of sustenance, etc.; destitute; unaided; bare. Patriots who had exposed themselves for the public, and whom they say now left naked. Milton.

Narrow; destitute; pinching; pinched; as, necessitous circumstances. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ly, adv. -- Ne*ces"si*tous*ness, n.

Destitute of nerves.

Destitute of acid properties; hence, basic; metallic; positive; -- said of certain atoms and radicals.

Destitute of vessels; extravascular.

Not vocal; destitute of tone. -- n.

Destitute of a nose.

Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold. "A stony image, cold and numb." Shak.

Covered over, shaded, or darkened; destitute of light; imperfectly illuminated; dusky; dim. His lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. Prov. xx. 20.

An extinct Eocene bird having the jaws strongly serrated, or dentated, but destitute of true teeth. It was found near London.

Destitute of pasture. Milton.

Destitute of a patron.

An order of small myriapods having only nine pairs of legs and destitute of tracheæ.

Destitute of money; impecunious; poor. -- Pen"ni*less*ness, n.

Destitute of money; suffering extreme want. [Obs.] "My penurious band." Shak.