Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

indagation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: inda-ga-tion
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Inquiry, investigation.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

The determination of the condition of the genital parts at the termination of the puerperium preliminary to the discharge of the patient.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Part hereof hath been discovered by himself, and some by humane indagation: which though magnified as fresh inventions unto us, are stale unto his cognition."
"[T]his brief Inventory I have here given as preparatory to vvhat follovvs, and to pre-poſſeſs the Reader, 1. That a natural Indagation according to the light of natural Reaſon touching the Origination of ſuch a Creature as this, is no contemptible or unvvorthy enquiry."

Etymology

From Latin indāgātiō, from indāgō (“to investigate”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

indagations (plural)

Questions

What does indagation mean?: Inquiry, investigation.
Where does indagation come from?: From Latin indāgātiō, from indāgō (“to investigate”).

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