ogganition
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin oggannio (“to yelp”) + -tion.
Noun
[edit]ogganition (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare) A snarling or grumbling.
- 1625, Richard Montagu, Appello Caesarem:
- Nor will I abstain, notwithstanding your ogganition, to follow the steps and practice of Antiquity […]
- 1906, James Howard Mortimer, Confessions of a Book Agent, page 27:
- […] but when the animal instinct forces a show of pleasure, the bare teeth and the ogganition, like that produced by a dog in his sleep, is the result.