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irrorations

irrorations is the plural of irroration.

Meaning of irroration

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

Questions about irrorations

What is irrorations the plural of?
Irrorations is the plural of irroration.

Words near irrorations in the dictionary

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

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