† exhaustmentn.
Obsolete. rare.
The action or means of exhausting; the state of being exhausted; an instance of the same, a ‘drain’ of money.
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the world > physical sensation > sleeping and waking > weariness or exhaustion > [noun]
wearinessc900
slemea1300
werihede1340
talma1400
aneantizinga1425
faintnessa1440
defatigation1508
languishness?1529
lassitude1541
tiredness1552
overtiring1598
attainta1616
languishmentc1620
exhaustment1621
prostrationa1626
exhaustiona1639
tiresomeness1646
lassation1650
exantlation1651
fessitude1656
faintingnessa1661
delassation1692
tiriness1697
languor1707
fatigue1719
exhausture1779
distress1803
exhaustedness1840
worn-outness1844
tire1859
dead-beatness1907
the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > using up, expending, or consuming > [noun] > using up completely
exhausting1539
spendingc1595
exhausture1611
exhaustment1621
dehaust1654
depletion1656
exhaustion1831
1621 Bp. G. Williams in Cabala (1654) 55 This Bishoprick being..meanly endowed in regard of the continual charge, and exhaustments of the place.
1648 N. Ward To Parl. at Westm. 22 We can see no possible end of our exhaustments.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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