infliction
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed, perhaps via French, from Latin īnflīctiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
infliction (plural inflictions)
- The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition.
- 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 221:
- The boot, thumbscrews, the shackles, and a contraption called the "warm hose", were only a few of the inflictions being too terrible to mention.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
The act of inflicting or something inflicted; an imposition
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin īnflīctiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
infliction f (plural inflictions)
References[edit]
- “infliction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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