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irroration

irroration noun: a sprinkling or wetting with dew.

Noun

irroration (plural irrorations)

  1. (obsolete) A sprinkling or wetting with dew.
    • Generally, to the irroration of the body much use of sweet things is profitable, as of sugar, honey, sweet almonds, pineapples, pistachios, dates, raisins of the sun, corans, figs, and the like.1638, William Rawley, History of Life and Death, translation of original by Francis Bacon
  2. Markings reminiscent of spots or dew drops.
    • Underside: ground-colour similar, both fore and hind wings with extensive irroration of black scale which varies considerably in amount: in some specimens it is very dense and gives a glackish tint to the ground-colour, especially on the hind wing.1907, L. Colonel, C.T. Bingham, The Fauna Of British India, page 239
    • Black, markings formed by pale blue glossy irroration; markings white on costal edge.1952, Alexey Diakonoff, Microlepidoptera of New Guinea, page 100

Forms of irroration

pluralirrorations

Origin of irroration

From irrorate.

Questions about irroration

What does irroration mean?
Irroration means a sprinkling or wetting with dew.
What part of speech is irroration?
Irroration is a noun.
What is the plural of irroration?
The plural of irroration is irrorations.

Words near irroration in the dictionary

  1. irritatory
  2. irrorate
  3. irrorated
  4. irrorates
  5. irrorating
  6. irroration
  7. irrorations
  8. irrotational
  9. irrotational field
  10. irrotational flow
  11. irrotational vector

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