sufferation

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Jamaican Creole sofarieshan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌfəˌreɪʃ(ə)n/
• Hyphenation: su‧ffe‧ra‧tion

Noun

sufferation (plural sufferations)

1. (Rastafari, Jamaica, nonstandard) Suffering, especially due to poverty or repression.

   In this time of economic hardship, there is only sufferation upon the land.

   • 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 332:

     Lockdown remind you that what make you brothers is not blood but sufferation.

References

• OED 2006