Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Inanimateness.
  • noun Infusion of life or spirit; vivifying influence.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Lack of animation; lifeless; dullness.
  • noun obsolete Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Want of animation; lifeless; dullness.
  • noun Infusion of life or vigor; animation; inspiration.

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  • "Lifelessness, dullness", versus "a vivifying influence". This word at once implies and means it's near opposite.

    January 6, 2012