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dignotion

dignotion noun: distinguishing mark; a diagnostic or dicernment.

Noun

dignotion (plural dignotions)

  1. (obsolete) distinguishing mark; a diagnostic or dicernment
    • That temperamentall dignotions, and conjecture of prevalent humours, may be collected from spots in our nails, we are not averse to concede.1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

Forms of dignotion

pluraldignotions

Origin of dignotion

From Latin dignoscere (“to distinguish”), from di-, dis- + gnoscere, noscere (“to learn to know”).

Questions about dignotion

What does dignotion mean?
Dignotion means distinguishing mark; a diagnostic or dicernment.
What part of speech is dignotion?
Dignotion is a noun.
What is the plural of dignotion?
The plural of dignotion is dignotions.

Words near dignotion in the dictionary

  1. dignitie
  2. dignities
  3. dignitude
  4. dignity
  5. dignosce
  6. dignotion
  7. dignotions
  8. Digo
  9. digold
  10. digon
  11. digonal

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