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exinanition

/ˌɛɡzɪnəˈnɪʃən/

exinanition noun: an emptying; an evacuation; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.

Noun

exinanition (plural exinanitions)

  1. An emptying; an evacuation; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.
    • Fastings to the exinanition of spirits1678, Antiquitates Christianæ: Or, the History of the Life and Death of the Holy Jesus: […], London: […] E. Flesher, and R. Norton, for R[ichard] Royston, […], →OCLC
  2. (broadly, obsolete, rare) privation; loss; destitution

Forms of exinanition

pluralexinanitions

Origin of exinanition

From Latin exinānitiō, from exināniō, from ex- (“out”) and ināniō (“to empty”).

Questions about exinanition

What does exinanition mean?
Exinanition means an emptying; an evacuation; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.
What part of speech is exinanition?
Exinanition is a noun.
How do you pronounce exinanition?
Exinanition is pronounced /ˌɛɡzɪnəˈnɪʃən/.
What is the plural of exinanition?
The plural of exinanition is exinanitions.

Words near exinanition in the dictionary

  1. exinal
  2. exinanite
  3. exinanited
  4. exinanites
  5. exinaniting
  6. exinanition
  7. exinanitions
  8. exindusiate
  9. exine
  10. exineless
  11. exines

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