adversion
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A tendency or wish to avoid someone or something.
Example Sentences
- "And if the eye / Of her adversion were fast fixt on high, / In midst of death 'twere no more fear or pain, / Then 'twas unto Elias to let flie"
- "We have tested assertions of this kind, not as we should, by grounded and consecutive study of the whole document, but by momentary adversion to the passages specially attacked, with our minds full of the attack"
Etymology
From Latin adversiōnem, from adversiō.
Origin
- Source language: Latin
Word Breakdown
- Root: adversiōnem