'Inanition' definitions:
Definition of 'inanition'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Inanition'
From: GCIDE
- Inanition \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; lack of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from lack of food, either from partial or complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus, producing the same result. [1913 Webster]
- Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
- Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes. --Burton. [1913 Webster]