pullulation

/ˌpʌljʊˈleɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Uncountable

"[The cats] took not the slightest notice of either Mr. Flay or of himself save for the sudden cessation of their purring. When they had stood in the darkness, and before Mr. Flay had removed the bunch of keys from his pocket, Steerpike had imagined he had heard a heavy, deep throbbing, a monotonous sea-like drumming of sound, and he now knew that it must have been the pullulation of the tribe."

From pullulate + -ion.

pullulations (plural)

repullulation

gemmation

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How do you pronounce pullulation?

The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpʌljʊˈleɪʃən/.

What does pullulation mean?

A teeming, swarming, or multiplying.

Where does pullulation come from?

From pullulate + -ion.

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