Sans

I love this word! It means "without", but is hardly ever used. I see it in print more than I hear it, so let's try to employ it in our dialogue.

Etymology:

Middle English, from Old French, blend of Latin sine, without and absentiā, in the absence of, ablative of absentia, absence, from absēns, absent-, present participle of abesse, to be away; see absent.

I used this word on my Facebook status yesterday, to indicate that I was "Without status. Sans status." My daffodills are starting to come up, but they are sans blooms just yet.

Easy to use and very descriptive!