exanimous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzænɪməs/, /ɛkˈsænɪməs/

Adjective

exanimous (comparative more exanimous, superlative most exanimous)

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

References

“exanimous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

Simoneaux, auxinomes

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