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exestuation

/ɛɡˌzɛstjuˈeɪʃən/

exestuation noun: a boiling up or effervescence.

Noun

exestuation (usually uncountable, plural exestuations)

  1. (obsolete, usually) A boiling up or effervescence.
    • The exestuation of the Waters of the Sea1695, Lucretius, translated by Thomas Creech, Of the Nature of Things

Forms of exestuation

pluralexestuations

Origin of exestuation

Latin exaestuatio.

Questions about exestuation

What does exestuation mean?
Exestuation means a boiling up or effervescence.
What part of speech is exestuation?
Exestuation is a noun.
How do you pronounce exestuation?
Exestuation is pronounced /ɛɡˌzɛstjuˈeɪʃən/.
What is the plural of exestuation?
The plural of exestuation is exestuations.

Words near exestuation in the dictionary

  1. exessives
  2. exestuate
  3. exestuated
  4. exestuates
  5. exestuating
  6. exestuation
  7. exestuations
  8. exetainer
  9. exetainers
  10. Exeter
  11. Exeter point

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