If you say that someone or something is ~ of a quality or thing, you are emphasizing that they have none of it. (FORMAL)
I have never looked on a face that was so ~ of feeling...
= bereft
ADJ: v-link ADJ of n emphasis
If you say that someone or something is ~ of a quality or thing, you are emphasizing that they have none of it. (FORMAL)
I have never looked on a face that was so ~ of feeling...
= bereft
ADJ: v-link ADJ of n emphasis
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012