ultimation
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English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ultimation
- (obsolete) The state of being ultimate; that which is ultimate or final.
- 1758, Jonathan Swift, The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen:
- to know the real ultimation, as it is termed, of France upon the general plan of peace
- (nonstandard) ultimatum
- 2015, Michelle Stone, The Lost Years:
- Stuart used to try to do everything his mum asked of him so he gave me an ultimation him or the baby.
References
[edit]- “ultimation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.