ymaginacioun
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- imaginacion, imaginacioun, imagynacioun, ymaginacion, ymaginacioune, ymagynacion, ymagynacioun, ymagynacyone
Etymology[edit]
From Old French imaginacion, ymaginacion, from Latin imāginātiō; equivalent to ymagynen + -acioun.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
ymaginacioun (plural ymaginaciouns)
- The ability to perceive images in the mind; visualisation:
- The ability to create mental images; imagination.
- The construction of false mental images; fantasizing
- A mental image; something imagined:
- (rare) A false mental image; an illusion or hallucination.
- Cleverness, craft, creativity; mental acuity or its use:
- Plotting, contriving, scheming; the making of a (devious) plan.
- Falsification, fraud, deceit; the use of lies.
- A notion; something held or thought in the mind:
- (rare) A device, artifice, or contrivance.
Descendants[edit]
- English: imagination
References[edit]
- “imā̆ǧināciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
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- Middle English terms borrowed from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Old French
- Middle English terms derived from Latin
- Middle English terms suffixed with -acioun
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- Middle English terms with rare senses
- enm:Mind
- enm:Vision