decubation
/ˌdikjuˈbeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Here we may not omit what Learned men have obſerv'd concerning the Cuſtome of Prophets and Perſons inſpir'd of old, to ſleep [...] on Matraſſes and Beds made of their Leaves, ad Conſulendum to ask adviſe of God. [...] At this decubation upon Boughs the Satyriſt ſeems to hint where he introduces the Gypſies."
- "Whatever might evene, I was procinct against a decubation in a state of deteriority, by an infrangible consortion with an amotorculist."
- "The editor of one of our Aberdeen papers, [...] jumped on board a farmer's pony, and bounded over the river's banks with more vigour than grace, knocked a few pipes out of the teeth of Aunt Sally in a field hard-by, and knocked two men into an attitude of decubation at Cults Station on the way home because they dared to intrude on his first-class privacy. Not a bad record for an afternoon, was it?"
Etymology
From Latin dēcubō (“to lie in a bed (that is not one’s own)”) + -ation (suffix indicating an action or process or its result). Dēcubō is derived from dē- (“from”) + cubō (“to lie down”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewb-); compare dēcumbō (“to lie down”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱewb-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌdikjuˈbeɪʃən/
- British English: /ˌdiːkjuːˈbeɪʃən/