Lifeless; dead; without animation or vital spirit.
From Latin ex- (without) + animate (soul, from anima). An archaic or poetic term expressing the absence of life force or animation.
The word 'animate' itself comes from Latin anima (breath, soul, spirit), which also gives us 'animal,' 'animation,' and 'inanimate'—one of language's most beautiful root words since it originally meant the breath that gave life to bodies.
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