In`a*ni"tion (?), n. [F. inanition, L. inanitio emptiness, fr. inanire
to empty, fr. inanis empty. Cf. Inane.] The condition of being inane;
emptiness; want of fullness, as in the vessels of the body; hence,
specifically, exhaustion from want of food, either from partial or
complete starvation, or from a disorder of the digestive apparatus,
producing the same result.
Feeble from inanition, inert from weariness.
Landor.
Repletion and inanition may both do harm in two contrary extremes.
Burton.
In*an"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Inanities (#). [L. inanitas, fr. inanis empty:
cf. F. inanité. See Inane.]