A lifeless tree, devoid of life
The Latin word exanĭmis came to Spanish as exánime . It is an adjective that allows one to describe someone who does not have life or does not show signs of it . The term is also used to refer to an individual who is very weak or fainted .
Some examples
Since this term is not commonly used in everyday speech, we will study three example sentences below to more easily appreciate the nuances of its meaning: “The lifeless body of the young man remained for hours on the side of the road until a motorist found him.” observed” , “The blow to the head left him lifeless in the middle of the playing field” , “I was lifeless after the marathon, it took me a lot to recover from such physical effort ” .
In the first example, the sender reports that a motorist saw the body of a boy on the side of the road, after he had remained there for several hours. It is important to note the following nuance: we are talking about a human being, so that the term lifeless in this case indicates without a doubt that although its current state is "deceased", it always succeeds life. Only in fiction is it possible to create a character (human or not) who has never lived, something unimaginable in reality.
The second sentence describes a player passing out after he received a blow to the head. As we had anticipated, in this case the meaning is not death but the loss of knowledge , of strength to remain standing making use of all one's faculties. Finally, we have a similar example, although it does not speak of a faint but of a state in which the sender had great difficulty recovering his mobility. This is not uncommon after extensive exercise , in both professionals and beginners, and requires a strict rehabilitation process.
figuratively
It should be noted that lifeless can be used beyond people: “The lifeless landscape that surrounds the mountain seemed somewhat gloomy to me,” “The lifeless nature of the region demonstrates the havoc caused by the contamination produced by the nuclear explosion,” “There is “rulers who take advantage of the lifeless population to commit all kinds of abuses.”
Here we are faced with three sentences in which the term lifeless does not always speak of entities that have once been alive, but rather has a meaning that points to lack of action , excessive stillness. In the first, a landscape with these characteristics is described around a mountain that produces an unpleasant sensation in the sender. In this case we could say that it acts as a synonym for "desert."
We have something similar in the second example, although in this case we can deduce that the region described used to be very different, enjoying exuberant nature, something it lost after a nuclear explosion. Finally, we talk about the "lifeless population", which does not act, which does not express itself , and the negative consequences that the consequent abuse by certain rulers has on it.
As a proper name
The Lich King , meanwhile, is a character from the Warcraft universe, a popular video game saga. The story goes that it is an entity created by Kil»jaeden from the orc Ner»zhul .
A lifeless body is a corpse.
The Lich King can be considered a lich : an undead. This type of creature shares some traits with zombies , although it maintains consciousness and memories.
Exánime , finally, is the name of an Argentine rock band that was born in 2014 . Founded in the city of Rosario , it made its recording debut with the album “Transcender” and performed in shows with Carajo , ANIMAL , Cabezones , Malón and other emblematic heavy metal and hardcore groups from the South American nation.