Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quiritation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: quir-i-ta-tion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A crying for help.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"How is it then with thee, O Saviour, that thou thus astonishest men and angels with so woeful a quiritation ?"

Etymology

Latin quiritatio, from quiritare, "to raise a plaintive cry".

Usage

Obsolete

Questions

What does quiritation mean?: A crying for help.
Where does quiritation come from?: Latin quiritatio, from quiritare, "to raise a plaintive cry".

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