estuation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
estuation (plural estuations)
- (archaic) commotion or agitation.
- c. 1677, Thomas Manton, “a sermon”, in The Complete Works of Thomas Manton:
- He that looks no higher than the course of affairs in the world, can never have any firm peace in his own soul; but trust easeth of all fears, cares, and estuations of mind
- 1648, Walter Montagu, Miscellanea Spiritualia, or Devout Essaies:
- the estuations of joys and fears
- 1605, Francis Bacon, “(please specify |book=1 or 2)”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for Henrie Tomes, […], →OCLC:
- men in ambition […] are in a perpetual estuation to exalt their place
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “estuation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.