Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

eluctation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: eluc-ta-tion
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A struggling out of any difficulty.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Ye do, in common, sue to God for us, as your poor fellow-members, for our happy eluctation out of those miseries and temptations"
"There is nothing more acceptable unto the ingenious world than this noble eluctation of truth"
"July 1, 1627, John Donne, Sermon preached at Chilsey if I be with him in his afflictions, I shall be with him in his eluctations, in his victory, in his triumph"

Etymology

From Latin eluctatio.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: eluctatio

Usage

Inflected Forms

eluctations (plural)

Questions

What does eluctation mean?: A struggling out of any difficulty.
Where does eluctation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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