Word of the Day:
exhaustion
What It Means
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away.
Exhaustion in Context
“As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once.”
Did You Know?
Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō. Surface analysis: exhaust + -ion.
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