bonyness, boniness, emaciation, gauntness, maceration
(noun) extreme leanness (usually caused by starvation or disease)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
emaciation (countable and uncountable, plural emaciations)
The act of making very lean.
The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
Source: Wiktionary
E*ma`ci*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. émaciation.]
1. The act of making very lean.
2. The state of being emaciated or reduced to excessive leanness; an excessively lean condition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
9 May 2024
(noun) (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; “the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
