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effiction

Syllables: ef·fic·tion/ɪˈfɪk.ʃən/

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New Zealand/əˈfək.ʃən/

effiction noun: an expressing or a representing.

Noun

effiction (plural effictions)

  1. (obsolete) An expressing or a representing.
    • Effiction, an expressing or representing.[1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia; […], quoted in OED
    • 1775,

Forms of effiction

pluraleffictions

Origin of effiction

Learned borrowing from Latin effictiōnem. First attested in 1656.

Words that rhyme with effiction

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Questions about effiction

What does effiction mean?
Effiction means an expressing or a representing.
What part of speech is effiction?
Effiction is a noun.
How do you pronounce effiction?
Effiction is pronounced /ɪˈfɪk.ʃən/ (UK).
What is the plural of effiction?
The plural of effiction is effictions.

Words near effiction in the dictionary

  1. efficiently
  2. efficientness
  3. efficients
  4. efficious
  5. effictio
  6. effiction
  7. effictions
  8. Effie
  9. Effies
  10. effigial
  11. effigiate

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