anergy
/ˈænə(ɹ)dʒi/noun
anergy is a noun meaning “Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work; bound energy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled A-N-E-R-G-Y, and it appears about once in every 63 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of anergy is anergies.
What does anergy mean?
noun
- 1
Dilute or disorganized energy, which cannot be transformed into work; bound energy
- 2
Deficiency of energy.
- 3
Lack of immunity to an antigen.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce anergy?
- /ˈænə(ɹ)dʒi/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of anergy
- anergies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is anergy?
Anergy appears about once in every 63 million words in written English, the 249,463rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Anergy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense deficiency of energy:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | anergia |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does anergy come from?
From New Latin anergia, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “not, without”) + ἔργον (érgon, “work”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).