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Lack of vitality
Answer for the clue "Lack of vitality ", 10 letters:
enervation
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Word definitions for enervation in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Enervation \En`er*va"tion\, n. [L. enervatio: cf. F. The act of weakening, or reducing strength. The state of being weakened; effeminacy. --Bacon.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. lack of vitality; "an enervation of mind greater than any fatigue" serious weakening and loss of energy [syn: debilitation , enfeeblement , exhaustion ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
early 15c., "impairment, infringement," from Middle French énervation , from Late Latin enervationem (nominative enervatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin enervare "weaken," literally "cut the sinews of," from ex- "out" (see ex- ) + ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Act of enervate; debilitation. 2 State of being enervated; debility.
Usage examples of enervation.
But that which to us has passed to the condition of incontestable proof, is the prevalence of uterine troubles, of enervation among the married, hysterical symptoms which are met with in the conjugal relation as often as among young virgins, arising from the vicious habits of the husbands in their conjugal intercourse.
Descended from the Indo-European stock, and preserved from total enervation by their mountain air, the inhabitants have, even under Islam, retained much of the vivacity, fire, and poetry inherent in the Aryan nature.
Of course, Moyo could use his energistic power to enhance any physical attribute such as strength or agility, but as he stopped concentrating he could feel the enervation biting into his stolen organs.