Ogle-Philosophy, Inanition
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Reading through A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and I keep finding words I don't know, which is damn unusual. This is one of them. I like it. It seems like a good word to relate to the novel as a whole.
Dictionary.com:
inanition \in-uh-NISH-uhn\, noun:
1. The condition or quality of being empty.
2. Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment.
3. Lack of vitality or spirit.
Inanition derives from Latin inanitio, "emptiness," from inanire, "to make empty," from inanis, "empty." It is related to inane, "lacking sense or intelligence; pointless."
Dorland's Medical Dictionary:
inanition (in·a·ni·tion) (in”ə-nish´ən) [L. inanis empty] marked weakness, extreme weight loss, and decreased metabolism due to prolonged severe insufficiency of food (starvation).
Reading through A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, and I keep finding words I don't know, which is damn unusual. This is one of them. I like it. It seems like a good word to relate to the novel as a whole.
Dictionary.com:
inanition \in-uh-NISH-uhn\, noun:
1. The condition or quality of being empty.
2. Exhaustion, as from lack of nourishment.
3. Lack of vitality or spirit.
Inanition derives from Latin inanitio, "emptiness," from inanire, "to make empty," from inanis, "empty." It is related to inane, "lacking sense or intelligence; pointless."
Dorland's Medical Dictionary:
inanition (in·a·ni·tion) (in”ə-nish´ən) [L. inanis empty] marked weakness, extreme weight loss, and decreased metabolism due to prolonged severe insufficiency of food (starvation).
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