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I posted this word a year ago, but I'll bet nobody remembers it. In O.Henry short story The Skylight Room
a girl typist has not been able to earn any money for
food and collapses. O.Henry missed the chance to have
the ambulance doctor use the word.
inanition [ˌưnə'nưʃən]
noun
1 exhaustion resulting from lack of food
2 mental, social, or spiritual weakness or lassitude
[ETYMOLOGY: 14th Century: from Late Latin inanitio emptiness, from Latin inanis empty; see inane]
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I don't remember your posting about it, Dr. Bill, but I knew the word anyway.
Bingley
Bingley
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Dear Bingley: I hope you did not personally experience it.
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Fortunately not, no.
Bingley
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