exanimate

[ eg-zan-uh-mit, -meyt, ek-san- ]

adjective

1. inanimate or lifeless.
2. spiritless; disheartened.

exanimate

/ ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt; -ˌmeɪt /

adjective

1. rare.
   lacking life; inanimate

Derived Forms

• exˌaniˈmation, noun

Other Words From

• ex·ani·mation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of exanimate¹

1525–35; < Latin exanimātus (past participle of exanimāre to deprive of life), equivalent to ex- ex- ¹ + anim ( a ) life, spirit + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of exanimate¹

C16: from Latin exanimāre to deprive of air, kill, from anima breath, spirit

Example Sentences

Had it been downright misery she would have looked about her with less of her exanimate glassiness.

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So long as I do not exanimate you with my letters, I remain content.

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The frozen lash was soon severed and the two exanimate bodies lifted in eager hands.

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Thou shalt, when exanimate, be that which thou wert before thou wast animate.

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Related Words

• bare
• barren
• comatose
• inert
• uninhabited