immolation
/ˈɪməlˌeɪʃən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.46 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Mary heard with sorrow, and fear also, of the projected journey; but the altered expression of Isabella's countenance was a great palliative—dreadful as it was that her husband should love another (and of that distressing fact it was impossible to doubt), his confidence was consoling; and her power to prove the firmness of her character, her right to his esteem, and the immolation of her happiness to further his desires, had, in itself, the sustainment which belongs to great sacrifice."
- "The preposterous altruism too![…]Resist not evil. It is an insane immolation of self—as bad intrinsically as fakirs stabbing themselves or anchorites warping their spines in caves scarcely large enough for a fair-sized dog."
Etymology
From Middle English immolacion, from Middle French immolation, from Old French, from Latin immolatio.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: immolacion, immolation, -, immolatio