Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cruentation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: cru-en-ta-tion
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The bleeding on the corpse of a murder victim, which was superstitiously believed to occur spontaneously in the presence of the murderer.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin cruentatio (“bleeding”).

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

cruentations (plural)

Questions

What does cruentation mean?: The bleeding on the corpse of a murder victim, which was superstitiously believed to occur spontaneously in the presence of the murderer.
Where does cruentation come from?: From Latin cruentatio (“bleeding”).

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