sputation

English

Etymology

From Latin sputare (“to spit”), intensitive from spuere (“to spit”). Compare French sputation.

Noun

sputation

1. The act of spitting; expectoration.

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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “sputation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• outpaints, paint outs, paints out