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exinanition

/ˌɛɡzɪnəˈnɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ex-i-na-ni-tion
IPA
/ˌɛɡzɪnəˈnɪʃən/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An emptying; an evacuation; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.

noun

privation; loss; destitution

Obsolete

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Latin exinānitiō, from exināniō, from ex- (“out”) and ināniō (“to empty”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: exinānitiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

exinanitions (plural)

Questions

How do you pronounce exinanition?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɛɡzɪnəˈnɪʃən/.
What does exinanition mean?
An emptying; an evacuation; an enfeebling; exhaustion; humiliation.
Where does exinanition come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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