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compressure

compressure noun: compression.

Noun

compressure (countable and uncountable, plural compressures)

  1. (archaic) Compression.
    • [W]hilſt he heſitated there, the criſis of pleaſure overtook him, and the cloſe compreſſure of the vvarm ſurrounding fold, drevv from him the extatic guſh, even before mine vvas ready to meet it, kept up by the pain I had endur'd in the courſe of the engagement, from the unſufferable ſize of his...1749, [John Cleland], “[Letter the First]”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], volume I, London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC, page 194
    • 'Like the compressure of a coiled boa,
      Loathly, but irresistible.'1836, Joanna Baillie, The Match, act 1, page 286

Forms of compressure

pluralcompressures

Origin of compressure

From compress + -ure (compare etymology of pressure).

Questions about compressure

What does compressure mean?
Compressure means compression.
What part of speech is compressure?
Compressure is a noun.
What is the plural of compressure?
The plural of compressure is compressures.

Words near compressure in the dictionary

  1. compressor
  2. compressoria
  3. compressorium
  4. compressorless
  5. compressors
  6. compressure
  7. compressures
  8. comprest
  9. comprimario
  10. comprimarios
  11. comprint

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