inhiation

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin inhiātiō, from inhiō, from in- + hiō (“gape”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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inhiation (uncountable)

  1. 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?"
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