inhiation
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Etymology edit
From Latin inhiātiō, from inhiō, from in- + hiō (“gape”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
inhiation (uncountable)
- A gaping after; eager desire; craving.
- 1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy:
- Who was he […] that said, "Marriage was a loosing the reins to luxury, an inhiation after obscene lusts?"