enervate
'Can I have the origin of the word, please?'
'From the Latin ēnervātus'
'Can I have the word in a sentence, please?'
'Can I have the word in a sentence, please?'
'The editor was so enervated by the number of manuscripts that needed immediate attention that she lay on the floor for half an hour.'
'Can I have the meaning of the word, please?'
*Editor points to herself then collapses into a chair with her arms dangling to the floor and a vacant expression on her face*
^This list (second half)
'Can I have the meaning of the word, please?'
*Editor points to herself then collapses into a chair with her arms dangling to the floor and a vacant expression on her face*
^This list (second half)
1 comment:
I hope I'm not shaming myself too much to admit that I had no idea what 'enervate' meant before this blog... and then, would you believe it, just two days after reading it here, I find it in the young Mr Nam Le's 'The Boat': 'Sarah stayed and listened to the rain. She felt crushed, completely enervated.'
I won't forget it now...
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