latration
/ləˈtreɪʃən/
latration noun: barking, an instance of barking.
Noun
latration (plural latrations)
- Barking, an instance of barking.
- If a dog bite a pig, the narrative teems with ‘virus’, the ‘rabid animal’, and the ‘latration’ of the patient1828, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, number 23, page 194
- But for this barrier, the theological Cerberus would find himself turning so few passengers from its gate, that he would soon, himself, weary of his wearisome latrations.1835, Christian Examiner
Examples of latration in a sentence
- What then must have been the effect upon the eminent philologist of the midnight latrations of Fernando Wood's yellow dog?1925, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Notes and anecdotes of many years, page 75:
- And rather a latration of yaps and yowls as a harum-scarum of dogs swept past.2001, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys:
Forms of latration
| plural | latrations |
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Origin of latration
From Latin lātrātio, from lātrāre (“to bark”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to latrate + -ion.
Questions about latration
- What does latration mean?
- Latration means barking, an instance of barking.
- How do you use latration in a sentence?
- What then must have been the effect upon the eminent philologist of the midnight latrations of Fernando Wood's yellow dog?
- What part of speech is latration?
- Latration is a noun.
- How do you pronounce latration?
- Latration is pronounced /ləˈtreɪʃən/.
- What is the plural of latration?
- The plural of latration is latrations.
Words near latration in the dictionary
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