exhaustion
/ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.49 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
Dated; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract."
- "I ran in the marathon to exhaustion, then I collapsed and had to be carried away."
- "As soon as Julia returned with a constable, Timothy, who was on the point of exhaustion, prepared to give over to him gratefully. The newcomer turned out to be a powerful youngster, fully trained and eager to help, and he stripped off his tunic at once."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰ Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs Proto-Italic *eks Latin ex Latin ex- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews- Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-ye-tider. Proto-Italic *auziō Latin hauriō Latin exhauriō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Medieval Latin exhaustiōbor. English exhaustion Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō. Surface analysis: exhaust + -ion.
Word Breakdown
- Root: exhaustiō