Where does instinction come from?

It is traced to Middle English.

instinction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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"And therfore Tulli in his Tusculane questyons supposeth that a poete can nat abundantly expresse verses sufficient and complete, or that his eloquence may flowe without labour wordes wel sounyng and plentuouse, without celestiall instinction, whiche is also by Plato ratified."

From Middle English instinccion, instyncyon, from Middle French instincion and its etymon Medieval Latin īnstīnctiō.

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