tubicination

English

Etymology

From Latin tubicinātus (“sounded a trumpet”), past participle of tubicinō (“sound a trumpet”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

tubicination (plural tubicinations)

1. (very rare) The act or process of sounding a trumpet
   • 1843, G. De Lys, “The Marriage of Belphegor”, in Bentley's Miscellany, volume 14, page 617:

     But what can this confounded unnatural noise be?— / All this buxination, and tubicination, / This acclamation, and tympanization?— […]

2. (very rare) The sound of a trumpet
   • 1928, Society of Oklahoma Indians, The American Indian, Volume 3, page 20:

     The conductor sounded his ram's horn; this was a tubicination the meaning of which had been carefully prescribed in the regulations of the company, and was well understood by the Indians.