Crossword Path

Find words for crosswords, Scrabble and word games

Word entry · 9 letters

inanition

Limited data

No curated clues yet.

Use pattern search to check whether the word fits.

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪnəˈnɪʃən/Part of speech nounSorted aiiinnnotStarts with IEnds with N0 clues
1I2N3A4N5I6T7I8O9N

Not quite right?

"Search similar patterns."

I________

Definitions

  1. exhaustion resulting from lack of food

Word origin

From Middle English inanicioun, borrowed from Old French inanition, itself borrowed from Late Latin inānītio, from inānīre (“to make empty”), from inānis (“empty, vain”); see inane.

Used in a sentence

  • We experience some sensations, and perform some actions before our nativity; the sensations of cold and warmth, agitation and rest, fulness and inanition, are instances of the former [...]
  • It may be reasonably inferred that our baby will first expire of inanition, as being the frailest member of our circle; and that our twins will follow next in order.
  • The Diet of the street-children is in some cases an alternation of surfeit and inanition [...]

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer0 curated clues

No curated clues for inanition yet.

Related words