Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

attemperation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: at-tem-per-a-tion
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of attempering or regulating.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"And if this be possible, it can certainly be effected no other way than by proper and exquisite attemperations of nature; as it were by the harmony and fine touching of the harp"

Etymology

From attemper + -ation.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: attemper

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

attemperations (plural)

Questions

What does attemperation mean?: The act of attempering or regulating.
Where does attemperation come from?: From attemper + -ation.

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