Exsiccated/Exsiccation - was trying to think of a single English term that could be the equivalent of starvation; like if someone was dying of thirst, but I felt parched isn’t weighted enough to fulfill the gravity of it.

In latin exsiccare meant to dry up completely, so that’s how we got here I guess.

Thoughts? Is there a term I have forgotten that fits what I was looking for?

  • solrize@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Starvation doesn’t necessarily imply death. Like you could be emaciated from starvation in prison, but still alive.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      2 days ago

      Yeah, I feel some of the terms got whittled down in severity over time. Kind of like you hear people say they electricuted themselves fairly often. Slowly it’s becoming not deadly, just a bit of a shock lol

      *Typo, executed - > electricuted. Not sure I know anyone who said they executed themself and told be about it, haha