Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

madefaction

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: made-fac-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of madefying, or making something wet.

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"865. WATER being contiguous with air cooleth it but moisteneth it not except it vapour The cause is for that heat and cold have a virtual transition without communication of substance but moisture not and to all madefaction there is required an imbibition but where the bodies are of such several levity and gravity as they mingle not there can follow no imbibition And therefore oil likewise lieth at the top of the water without commixture and a drop of water running swiftly over a straw or smooth body wetteth not."

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin madefactiō, from madefaciō (“to make wet”). See madefy.

Usage

Questions

What does madefaction mean?: The act of madefying, or making something wet.
Where does madefaction come from?: Borrowed from Late Latin madefactiō, from madefaciō (“to make wet”). See madefy.

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