assignation

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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /æsɪgˈnejʃən/

[edit] Noun

assignation (plural assignations)

  1. An appointment for a meeting, generally of a romantic or sexual nature.
    1749 As soon as Mr. Barville saw me, he got up, with a visible air of pleasure and surprize, and saluting me, asked Mrs. Cole if it was possible that so fine and delicate a creature would voluntarily submit to such sufferings and rigours as were the subject of his assignation. — John Cleland, Memoirs of Fanny Hill.

[edit] Usage notes

Modern usage confines the word to mean an agreed-upon place for illicit sex, but earlier usage is broader, and considerably more innocent.

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