Crossword clues for enervation
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.
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-) + nervus "sinew" (see nerve (n.)). Figurative sense is from 1550s.
Wiktionary
n. 1 Act of enervate; debilitation. 2 State of being enervated; debility.
WordNet
n. lack of vitality; "an enervation of mind greater than any fatigue"
serious weakening and loss of energy [syn: debilitation, enfeeblement, exhaustion]
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.