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festination

festination noun: the involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g. Parkinson's disease).

Noun

festination (countable and uncountable, plural festinations)

  1. The involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g. Parkinson's disease).
  2. An involuntary quickening of speech in some speech disorders.

festination meaning in Tamil

festination in Tamil

தள்ளுநடை

Forms of festination

pluralfestinations

Origin of festination

From festinate + -tion

Questions about festination

What does festination mean?
Festination means the involuntary shortening of stride and quickening of gait that occurs in some diseases (e.g. Parkinson's disease).
What is festination in Tamil?
Festination in Tamil is தள்ளுநடை. See Festination meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is festination?
Festination is a noun.
What is the plural of festination?
The plural of festination is festinations.

Words near festination in the dictionary

  1. festinate
  2. festinated
  3. festinately
  4. festinates
  5. festinating
  6. festination
  7. festinations
  8. Festingerian
  9. Festiniogian
  10. festino
  11. festinos

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Adapted from Wiktionary: festination (page history and authors); festination (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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