Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

emaciation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.63 in modern English

Syllables: ema-ci-a-tion
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of making very lean.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"In youth he must have been singularly handsome, but years and care had left their vestiges on his noble features, which were thin even to emaciation."

Etymology

Etymology tree English emaciate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English emaciation From emaciate + -ion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

emaciations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

emaciate

Synonyms

bonyness boniness gauntness maceration

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization head station nation location

Questions

What does emaciation mean?: The act of making very lean.
Where does emaciation come from?: Etymology tree English emaciate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English emaciation From emaciate + -ion.

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