exhaustion
nounattested in dialogue
- //ɪɡˈzɔːs.t͡ʃən//
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
noun
- 1
The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
We worked the mine to exhaustion, there's nothing left to extract.
- 2
Supreme tiredness; having exhausted energy.
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.
- 3
datedThe removal (by percolation etc) of an active medicinal constituent from plant material.
- 4
datedThe removal of all air from a vessel (the creation of a vacuum).
- 5
An exhaustive procedure
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 *auzjō 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.
Forms
- plural
- exhaustions
exhaustion · The point of complete depletion, of the state of being used up.
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