altercation
/ˌɔltɚˈkeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.12 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "to get into an altercation over (something)"
- "The shooting resulted from an altercation between two armed intoxicated men."
- "The truth of my Third Accuſation is confeſt, but the guilt, not acknovvledged; ſince that vvhich excites men to endleſs bavvlings, and altercations; Schiſms, Hereſies and Rebellions, by the vehemencies of Diſpute, is it ſeems vvith our Author no more noxious and criminal, then the Sun that ſtirrs men up to their vvork in the morning, by the importunity of it's beams."
- "An altercation cannot end in your favour."
- "[I]n all the disputes in which he was engaged as an Englishman against Englishmen, from his boxing-matches at school to those stormy altercations at the India House and in Parliament amidst which his later years were passed, his very faults were those of a high and magnanimous spirit."
- ""What the hell is it to you who are my friends?" roared McMurdo in a voice which brought every head in the carriage round to witness the altercation."
Etymology
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: altercātiō
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌɔltɚˈkeɪʃən/
- British English: /ˌɔːltəˈkeɪʃn̩/