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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
in·a·ni·tion       [in-uh-nish-uhn] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation.
2.lack of vigor; lethargy.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < LL inānitiōn- (s. of inānitiō). See inane, -ition]
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in·a·ni·tion       (ĭn'ə-nĭsh'ən)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment or vitality.
  2. The condition or quality of being empty.


[Middle English inanisioun, emptiness, from Old French inanicion, exhaustion from hunger, from Late Latin inānītiō, inānītiōn-, emptiness, from inānītus, past participle of inānīre, to make empty, from Latin inānis, empty.]

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inanition

noun
1. weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy 
2. exhaustion resulting from lack of food 

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inanition in·a·ni·tion (ĭn'ə-nĭsh'ən)
n.
Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment or vitality.

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Inanition

In`a*ni"tion\, n. [F. inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf. Inane.] The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result.

Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. --Landor.

Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes. --Burton.

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