tranation

English

Etymology

From Latin tranare, transnare (“to swim over”), from trans (“across, over”) + nare (“to swim”).

Noun

tranation (uncountable)

1. (obsolete, rare) The act of swimming over.
   • 1654, Edmund Gayton, Pleasant Notes Upon Don Quixot:

     In his Tranation he lookt about, and saw under him (though a farre off) his Lord upon Rosinante, no bigger than a Toad upon a Ducking-stoole.

References

• “tranation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Tarantino, intra-NATO, tarnation