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Definitions for inanition
ˌɪn əˈnɪʃ ənina·ni·tion
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Princeton's WordNet
inanition, lassitude, lethargy, slacknessnoun
weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
inanitionnoun
exhaustion resulting from lack of food
Wiktionary
inanitionnoun
Emptiness.
inanitionnoun
A state of advanced lack of adequate nutrition, food or water, or a physiological inability to utilize them; starvation.
inanitionnoun
A spiritual emptiness or lack of purpose or will to live, akin to the Existentialist Philosophy state of "nausea".
Etymology: From inanitio, from inanire, from inanis; see inane.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Inanitionnoun
Emptiness of body; want of fulness in the vessels of the animal.
Etymology: inanition, Fr. inanis, Lat.
Weakness which attends fevers proceeds from too great fulness in the beginning, and too great inanition in the latter end of the disease. John Arbuthnot, on Diet.
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inanition
Inanition is a state of extreme weakness or exhaustion, typically due to severe malnutrition or starvation. It can also refer to a lack or loss of energy or vitality; lethargy or languishment.
Webster Dictionary
Inanitionnoun
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
Etymology: [F. inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf. Inane.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of inanition in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of inanition in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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