inhiation
English
Etymology
From Latin inhiātiō, from inhiō, from in- + hiō (“gape”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnhaɪˈeɪʃən/
Noun
inhiation (uncountable)
- 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?"
- 1620, Joseph Hall, The Honour of the Married Clergy