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aprication

Syllables: apric·at·ionUK/æpɹɪˈkeɪʃən/US/æpɹiˈkeɪʃən/

aprication noun: the act of apricating, or basking in the sun.

Noun

aprication (uncountable)

  1. (rare) The act of apricating, or basking in the sun.
    • Aprication, a beaking in the sunne."1626, H. C. Gent, The English Dictionarie, London: Isaac Iaggard
    • Very few persons seem to have a due sense of the luxury and benefit of aprication, or immersion in the sunshine bath, which every fair day will furnish gratuitously to all applicants.1883, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Pages from an old volume of life, Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company

Origin of aprication

From apricate + -ion.

Questions about aprication

What does aprication mean?
Aprication means the act of apricating, or basking in the sun.
What part of speech is aprication?
Aprication is a noun.
How do you pronounce aprication?
Aprication is pronounced /æpɹɪˈkeɪʃən/ (UK).

Words near aprication in the dictionary

  1. Apresyan
  2. apricate
  3. apricated
  4. apricates
  5. apricating
  6. aprication
  7. apricious
  8. apricitabine
  9. apricity
  10. aprickle
  11. apricock

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