Definitions for inanition

inanition in·a·ni·tion

Spelling: [in-uh-nish-uh n]
IPA: /ˌɪn əˈnɪʃ ən/

Inanition is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 93 anagrams from letters in inanition (aiiinnnot).

Definitions for inanition

noun

  1. exhaustion from lack of nourishment; starvation.
  2. lack of vigor; lethargy.

Origin of inanition

1350-1400; Middle English Late Latin inānitiōn- (stem of inānitiō). See inane, -ition

Examples for inanition

And the days pass, and she grows weak from inanition, but refuses all food.

That a state of inanition exists in Miss Fancher is not to be doubted.

To be starved to death is "to sink from inanition into nonentity."

And we couldn't even leave the infernal things to die of inanition.

Marjorie was awakened from her trance of inanition by the porter's voice.

And men may be over-disciplined, so that their impulses die away from inanition.

Frequently the engine stopped as if from sheer fatigue or inanition.

The present government, my dear George, will expire from inanition.

In a sense, just curled up like a ball, or waiting to die from inanition.

I tell him he's foolish to pay any attention to it; just let it die of inanition.

Word Value for inanition
Scrable

9

Words with friends

12

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