inedia

English

Etymology

From Latin inedia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈiːdi.ə/, /ɪnˈiːd͡ʒə/

Noun

inedia (uncountable)

1. The (purported) ability to live without food.
   • 1965, Robert D. Smith, Comparative Miracles‎^[1], B.Herder Book Company, page 34:

     The problems of establishing the facts are redoubled when the discussion is narrowed to the type of inedia which in itself is less susceptible to natural explanation and intrinsically more plausible as a sign: active inedia.

   • 1989, Michael P. Carroll, Catholic Cults and Devotions: A Psychological Inquiry‎^[2], McGill-Queen's University Press, →ISBN, page 82:

     Stigmatics are by no means the only mystics to experience inedia; on the contrary, it is a condition that has been experienced by a great many Catholic mystics.

   • 2001 April 19, Anne Jacobson Schutte, Aspiring Saints: Pretense of Holiness, Inquisition, and Gender in the Republic of Venice, 1618-1750‎^[3], JHU Press, →ISBN, page 134:

     Vigorous debates on inedia clearly illustrate the range of difficulties. Unlike visions and locutions, accessible only to those who experience them, inedia can be observed and monitored by others.

Hyponyms

• breatharianism

Derived terms

• inediate

Related terms

• edible

Anagrams

• in idea

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈnɛ.dja/
• Rhymes: -ɛdja
• Hyphenation: i‧nè‧dia

Noun

inedia f (plural inedie)

1. starvation

Latin

Etymology

in- +‎ edō (“to eat”) +‎ -ia

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /iˈne.di.a/, [ɪˈnɛd̪iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /iˈne.di.a/, [iˈnɛːd̪iä]

Noun

inedia f (genitive inediae); first declension

1. fasting, starvation

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	inedia	inediae
Genitive	inediae	inediārum
Dative	inediae	inediīs
Accusative	inediam	inediās
Ablative	inediā	inediīs
Vocative	inedia	inediae

References

• “inedia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “inedia”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers