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morigeration

morigeration noun: servile acquiescence; unqualified sycophancy towards a bully or a tyrant.

Noun

morigeration (uncountable)

  1. Servile acquiescence; unqualified sycophancy towards a bully or a tyrant.
    • Not that I can taxe or condemne the morigeration or application of learned men to men in fortune.1605, Francis Bacon, “The First Booke”, in The Twoo Bookes of Francis Bacon. Of the Proficience and Aduancement of Learning, Diuine and Humane, London: […] [Thomas Purfoot and Thomas Creede] for...
    • [F]or the Spaniards, of all other, love to be reſpected at their ovvn homes, and cannot abide an inſolent cariage in a Stranger; On the other ſide, Courteſie and Morigeration, vvill gaine mightily upon them, […]1642, James Howell, “Section V”, in Instructions for Forreine Travell. […], London: […] T. B. for Humprey Mosley [i.e., Humphrey Moseley] […], →OCLC, page 59

Origin of morigeration

From Medieval Latin mōrigerātiō. Compare Middle English morigeracioun (“character or nature”).

Questions about morigeration

What does morigeration mean?
Morigeration means servile acquiescence; unqualified sycophancy towards a bully or a tyrant.
What part of speech is morigeration?
Morigeration is a noun.

Words near morigeration in the dictionary

  1. morient
  2. Morier
  3. Morieux
  4. moriform
  5. Morigaon
  6. morigeration
  7. morigerous
  8. Moriguchi
  9. Moriguchis
  10. Morija
  11. Morikawa

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