majoration

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French majoration.

Noun

majoration (countable and uncountable, plural majorations)

1. (obsolete) increase; enlargement
   • 1631, Francis [Bacon], “II. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:

     there be five ways ( in general ) of majoration in sounds : inclosure simple ; inclosure with dilatation ; communication ; reflexion concurrent ; and approach to the sensory

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “majoration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Etymology

From majorer +‎ -tion.

Pronunciation

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Noun

majoration f (plural majorations)

1. increase

Further reading

• “majoration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.