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manducation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
man-d-u-ca-tion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of eating.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The belief that eating the bread of Eucharist is eating the actual flesh of Jesus.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin mandūcātiō, from mandūcō (“to chew, to eat”) + -tiō. Compare French manducation. By surface analysis, manducate + -ion.

Usage

Inflected Forms

manducations (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

manducate

Questions

What does manducation mean?
The act of eating.
Where does manducation come from?
Learned borrowing from Late Latin mandūcātiō, from mandūcō (“to chew, to eat”) + -tiō. Compare French manducation. By surface analysis, manducate + -ion.

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