vaticination

English

Etymology

vaticinate + -ion

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vəˌtɪsɪˈneɪʃən/

Noun

vaticination (plural vaticinations)

  1. Prediction, prophecy.
    • 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 28)
      Yorick scarce ever heard this sad vaticination of his destiny read over to him, but with a tear stealing from his eye.
    • 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature
      Every surmise and vaticination of the mind is entitled to a certain respect, and we learn to prefer imperfect theories, and sentences which contain glimpses of truth, to digested systems which have no one valuable suggestion.

Anagrams


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāticinātiō. Synchronically analysable as vaticiner + -ation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.ti.si.na.sjɔ̃/
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Noun

vaticination f (plural vaticinations)

  1. vaticination

References

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