Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vectitation

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vec-ti-ta-tion
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"“You say well (quoth Albertus) and we have several other kinds of Vectitation unknown to the Ancients; particularly flying Chariots, where the people may have the benefit of this exercise at the small expence of a farthing.”"
"We had a pic-nic a few days ago, to which they gave me the means of vectitation; that is, a very nice English tilbury, with the younger son, just returned from South America, as a companion."
"And among their chief operations are being bodily transported from place to place, and to practise carnal connexion with Incubus devils, which we shall treat of separately, beginning with their bodily vectitation."

Etymology

From Latin vectitatus (“borne about”), from intensive form of vehere, vectum (“to carry”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: vectitatus

Usage

Frequently Paired Words

vection

Questions

What does vectitation mean?: Transport.
Where does vectitation come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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