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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread inanition #116000 11/14/2003 7:13 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 "our baby will first expire of inanition, as being the frailest member of our circle;..." An uncommon term for failure to grow, either from insuffient food intake, or from inabililty to metabolize it. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Definition: \In`a*ni"tion\, n. [F. inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf. {Inane}.] The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result. Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. --Landor. Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes. --Burton. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: inanition #116001 01/29/2004 6:01 AM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Oh, and we've just had some term up in which I wrote that the fruit's respiration rate was at its highest--and I can't recall what the dadburned term was! Must hunt for it tomorrow since we're still iced in from school. But this inanition for no growth is very good. I suppose sometimes my students are inanitiated! Or they are inanitiates! [Just kidding. All my students grow like weeds!] Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: inanition #116002 02/04/2004 1:28 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Interesting. I wonder whether there is a word to substitute for "failure to thrive" syndrome. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: inanition #116003 02/04/2004 2:32 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 Dear Sparteye:Not quite what you were looking for, but an alternative: Webster's 1913 Dictionary Definition: \E*ma`ci*a"tion\, n. [Cf. F. ['e]maciation.] 1. The act of making very lean. 2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: inanition #116004 02/04/2004 11:59 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... I need to emaciate a little. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: inanition #116005 02/08/2004 6:20 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 I need to emaciate a lot! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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