percontation
/ˌpɝkənˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Percontation. An enquiry."
- "[Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, "Percontation" percontation noun per·con·ta·tion ˌpərˌkän‧ˈtāshən plural -s archaic : an act or process of questioning : inquiry]"
- "Percontation is a thing for which we cannot anſwer ſignificantly, as in Interrogation, yes: but as thus, he dwelleth in ſuch a place."
- "Of Dicibles (λεκτῶν) ſome are Defective, which have an imperfect Enunciation, as writeth; others are Perfect, as compleating the Sentence; ſome of which compleat it without Affirmation or Negation, Verity or Falſity, as in Interrogations, Percontations, Imperative Expreſſions, Adjurations, Imprecations, Wiſhes, Suppoſals, Exclamations, Compellations, and Dubitations: and others compleat the Sentence by Affirmation or Negation, and are always either true or falſe."
- "Whoever from the preceding iconism, by percontation, deambulation, perscuitation or otherwise, shall give intelligence of the nonpareil, and will apport or communicate the same to me, shall become reciprocal of a remuneration adequate to the emolument from John Hopkinson."
- "In all questions of this kind or percontations, the answer cannot be given in the same words without addition or with 'not' only added, though here too the language of mankind ordinarily furnishes appropriate abbreviations."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin percontatiō (“inquiry, questioning”), from percontor (“to interrogate, investigate”) + -tiō.
Word Breakdown
- Root: *ḱent-
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌpɝkənˈteɪʃ(ə)n/
- British English: /ˌpɜːkɒnˈteɪʃn̩/