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distriction

distriction noun: sudden display; flash; glitter.

Noun

distriction

  1. (obsolete) Sudden display; flash; glitter.
    • A smile […] breaks out with the brightest distriction.c. 1700 Jeremy Collier, Of the Aspect

Origin of distriction

Borrowed from Latin districtio (“a stretching out”).

Questions about distriction

What does distriction mean?
Distriction means sudden display; flash; glitter.
What part of speech is distriction?
Distriction is a noun.

Words near distriction in the dictionary

  1. district officer
  2. district officers
  3. districted
  4. districthood
  5. districting
  6. distriction
  7. districtlike
  8. districtly
  9. districts
  10. districtual
  11. districtwide

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Adapted from Wiktionary: distriction (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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