exanimous

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English

Etymology

From Latin exanimus, exanimis; ex (“out, without”) + anima (“life”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzænɪməs/, /ɛkˈsænɪməs/

Adjective

exanimous (comparative more exanimous, superlative most exanimous)

  1. (obsolete) lifeless; dead
    • 1805, Samuel Latham Mitchill, editor, The Medical Repository:
      those exanimous and moribund bodies

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