inanition Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun weakness characterized by a lack of vitality or energy
    slackness; lethargy; lassitude.
  2. noun exhaustion resulting from lack of food

WordNet

In`a*ni"tion noun
Etymology
F. inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr. inanire to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf. Inane.
Definitions
  1. The condition of being inane; emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence, specifically, exhaustion from want 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.

Webster 1913