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anhelation.

Breathing difficulty, shortness of breath.

10 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ænhɪˈleɪʃn̩/Received-Pronunciation/ˌænhəˈleɪʃən/General-American
  1. Breathing difficulty, shortness of breath.

    archaic · uncountable
  2. Mental or spiritual agitation.

    figuratively · obsolete · uncountable
  3. Followed by after or for: eager desire; (countable) an instance of this.

    figuratively · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From French anhélation, or directly from its etymon Latin anhēlātiō (“shortness of breath, gasping, panting, puffing”) (compare Late Latin anhēlātiō (“desire; eager pursuit”)), from anhēlātus (“exhaled”) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Anhēlātus is the perfect passive participle of anhēlō (“to breathe out, exhale; to draw breath with difficulty, gasp, pant, puff”).

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