🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

기력 저하

Native Script:한국어 한글

Pronunciation / Transliteration: giryeok jeoha

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Enervation/ˌɛn.ɚˈveɪ.ʃən/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #14500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"지속되는 무더위로 인해 심한 기력 저하를 느꼈다."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The condition of being drained of physical, mental, or moral energy; exhaustion or debilitation.

    "The oppressive summer heat induced a deep sense of enervation among the travelers."
  2. 2

    The act of weakening someone or something's vitality, strength, or effectiveness.

    "Continuous bureaucratic delays led to the gradual enervation of the reform movement."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin 'enervatio', stemming from the verb 'enervare' (to weaken, literally to cut the sinews or remove the nerves from), formed from the prefix 'e-' (out of, from) and 'nervus' (sinew, nerve). It entered the English language in the early 17th century, shifting from a literal medical sense of depriving of nerve strength to a broader psychological and physical state of exhaustion.

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