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exilition

exilition noun: the act of suddenly jumping up or out.

Noun

exilition (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The act of suddenly jumping up or out.
    • From Salt-petre proceedeth the force and the report; for Sulphur and Small-coal mixed will not take fire with noise, or exilition […]1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5

Origin of exilition

From Latin exilīo (“leap up, bound”) + -ion.

Questions about exilition

What does exilition mean?
Exilition means the act of suddenly jumping up or out.
What part of speech is exilition?
Exilition is a noun.

Words near exilition in the dictionary

  1. exileth
  2. exilian
  3. exilic
  4. exilically
  5. exiling
  6. exilition
  7. exility
  8. eximer
  9. eximious
  10. eximiously
  11. exinal

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