Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ariolation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ar-i-o-la-tion
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

5

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Soothsaying; prophecy.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Thus the Priests of Elder time, have put upon them many incredible conceits, […] deluding their apprehensions with Ariolation, South saying, and such oblick Idolatries […]"
"[…] belongs to the technical part of divination, and may be reckoned for an Art, as well as any other sort of Ariolation."
"The foolish system of ariolation is much practised by the primitive Papuas, previously to entering into any undertaking."

Etymology

From (the stem of) Latin ariolari, hariolari, from hariolus (“soothsayer”) + -ation.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: ariolari
Suffix: ation

Usage

Inflected Forms

hariolation (alternative)

Questions

What does ariolation mean?: Soothsaying; prophecy.
Where does ariolation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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