exanimate

English

WOTD – 26 September 2011

Etymology

See ex- and Latin animus (“soul, life”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzænɪmɪt/
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Verb

IPA^(key): /ɪɡˈzænɪmeɪt/
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Adjective

exanimate (comparative more exanimate, superlative most exanimate)

Lifeless, not or no longer living, dead.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto XII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 7:
  carckasses exanimate
Spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively.
- 1728, James Thomson, “Spring”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
  Pale […] wretch, exanimate by love.

Synonyms

(dispirited): dejected

Translations

lifeless; dead

Armenian: անկենդան (hy) (ankendan), անկյանք (hy) (ankyankʻ), մեռած (hy) (meṙac), անշունչ (hy) (anšunčʻ)
Old Armenian: անշունչ (anšunčʻ), մեռեալ (meṙeal), անկենդան (ankendan)
Bulgarian: безжизнен (bg) (bezžiznen)
Danish: livløs, død (da)
Dutch: levenloos (nl), levensloos (nl), dood (nl), doods (nl), ontzield (nl)
Finnish: hengetön (fi), eloton (fi)
French: sans vie (fr), mort (fr)
German: leblos (de), tot (de), entseelt
Italian: morto (it), privo di vita (it)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: livløs, livlaus, død (no)

Nynorsk: livlaus, død
Portuguese: exânime
Russian: бездыха́нный (ru) (bezdyxánnyj), мёртвый (ru) (mjórtvyj)
Spanish: exánime (es), inanimado (es)
Swedish: livlös (sv)

spiritless, dispirited, disheartened, not lively

Armenian: վհատ (hy) (vhat), ընկճված (hy) (ənkčvac)
Old Armenian: սրտաթափ (srtatʻapʻ), ոգեսպառ (ogespaṙ), պակուցեալ (pakucʻeal)
Bulgarian: вял (bg) (vjal), обезсърчен (bg) (obezsǎrčen)
Dutch: lusteloos (nl), mat (nl)
Finnish: hengetön (fi)
French: déprimé (fr), découragé (fr)
German: lustlos (de)
Italian: esanime (it), inanimato (it)
Portuguese: desanimado (pt)
Russian: безжи́зненный (ru) (bezžíznennyj), вя́лый (ru) (vjályj), сла́бый (ru) (slábyj), ту́склый (ru) (túsklyj)
Spanish: desanimado (es)

Verb

exanimate (third-person singular simple present exanimates, present participle exanimating, simple past and past participle exanimated)

(obsolete, transitive) To deprive of animation or of life.

Anagrams

examinate, metaxenia

Latin

Verb

exanimāte

second-person plural present active imperative of exanimō

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