subsannation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin subsannatio, from subsannare (“to deride by mimicking gestures”).
Noun[edit]
subsannation (plural subsannations)
- (obsolete, rare) derision; mockery
- 1677, John Webster, the Displaying of Supposed Witchcraft:
- In the first place we need not travel far , either in regard of time or place , to find Precedents of such as have undergone no small censures and ſubſannations for vindicating Truth
References[edit]
- “subsannation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin subsannātiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
subsannation f (plural subsannations)
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