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gloatation

gloatation noun: gloating.

Noun

gloatation (uncountable)

  1. (informal, nonstandard, rare, slang) Gloating
    • I passed the Southern Fuel Co. yesterday and saw old Wagner at the window with a fiendish smile of gloatation on his face as he looked out on the sufferings of the widows and orphans. Little does he care if they all freeze.1997, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, page 256

Origin of gloatation

From gloat + -ation.

Questions about gloatation

What does gloatation mean?
Gloatation means gloating.
What part of speech is gloatation?
Gloatation is a noun.

Words near gloatation in the dictionary

  1. gloar
  2. gloared
  3. gloaring
  4. gloars
  5. gloat
  6. gloatation
  7. gloated
  8. gloater
  9. gloaters
  10. gloatily
  11. gloatiness

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