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illaqueation

illaqueation noun: trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging.

Noun

illaqueation (plural illaqueations)

  1. (obsolete) Trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging.
    • And even that the Hebrews used this present way of hanging, by illaqueation or pendulous suffocation, in public justice and executions, the expressions and examples in Scripture conclude not, beyond good doubt.1646, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, V.21
  2. A snare; a trap.
  3. The process of pulling away an inverted eyelash by passing a loop of thread behind it.

Forms of illaqueation

pluralillaqueations

Origin of illaqueation

From Latin illaqueare + -ation.

Questions about illaqueation

What does illaqueation mean?
Illaqueation means trapping or entangling someone or something in a noose, snaring; hanging.
What part of speech is illaqueation?
Illaqueation is a noun.
What is the plural of illaqueation?
The plural of illaqueation is illaqueations.

Words near illaqueation in the dictionary

  1. illaqueable
  2. illaqueate
  3. illaqueated
  4. illaqueates
  5. illaqueating
  6. illaqueation
  7. illaqueations
  8. Illarionov
  9. Illarionova
  10. illation
  11. illations

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