Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

inquination

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-quina-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

defilement;pollution; stain or impurity

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"the middle action , which produceth such imperfect bodies , is fitly called (by some of the ancients) inquination, or inconcoction, which is a kind of putrefaction"

Etymology

Latin inquinatio.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

inquinations (plural)

Questions

What does inquination mean?: defilement;pollution; stain or impurity
Where does inquination come from?: Latin inquinatio.

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