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caligation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
cali-ga-tion
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

dimness; cloudiness

Obsolete; Uncountable

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin caligatio, from caligare (“to emit vapour, to be dark”), from caligo (“mist, darkness”).

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What does caligation mean?
dimness; cloudiness
Where does caligation come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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