Pronounced: hoe-TURR, noun
Notes: You may know, or be able to guess, the meaning
Yesterday’s word
The word inanition is
- exhaustion from lack of food and water
- the absence of social, moral, or intellectual vitality or vigor
First usage
Our word came into English in the second half of 1300s
Background / Comments
Our word describes a state of suffering due to emptiness — either literally due to lack of nourishment or metaphorical due to no interest or energy. Our word was originally in-anisioun, and came from the Latin verb inanire (to make empty), which came from the Latin noun inanis (empty). A much more well-known word also came from this Latin noun – inane (and in case you don’t know the definition, it is something lacking substance or significance).
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