vaticination

English

Etymology

vaticinate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˌtɪsɪˈneɪʃən/

Noun

vaticination (plural vaticinations)

1. Prediction, prophecy.
   • 1759, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman (Penguin 2003, p. 28)

     Yorick scarce ever heard this sad vaticination of his destiny read over to him, but with a tear stealing from his eye.

   • 1836, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nature

     Every surmise and vaticination of the mind is entitled to a certain respect, and we learn to prefer imperfect theories, and sentences which contain glimpses of truth, to digested systems which have no one valuable suggestion.

Related terms

• vaticinate
• vaticinatory

Anagrams

• inactivation

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāticinātiō. Synchronically analysable as vaticiner +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ti.si.na.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

vaticination f (plural vaticinations)

1. vaticination

References

• “vaticination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.