exhaustion

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun extreme fatigue
  2. noun serious weakening and loss of energy
  3. noun the act of exhausting something entirely

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exhaustiō, from exhauriō. Surface analysis: exhaust + -ion.

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