Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

assentation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: as-sen-ta-tion
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"August 10, 1749 Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to his son Abject flattery and indiscriminate assentation degrade as much as indiscriminate contradiction and noisy debate disgust."

Etymology

From Latin assentatio. See assent.

Usage

Inflected Forms

assentations (plural)

Questions

What does assentation mean?: Insincere or obsequious assent; hypocritical or pretended concurrence.
Where does assentation come from?: From Latin assentatio. See assent.

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