01 n. The condition of being inane; emptiness; lack of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from lack of food…
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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.“Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness.” — Landor.“Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes.” — Burton.