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succussation

/sʌkəˈseɪʃən/

succussation noun: violent shaking or jolting.

Noun

succussation (countable and uncountable, plural succussations)

  1. (obsolete) Violent shaking or jolting.
    • in order, by a more frequent and a more convulsive elevation and depression of the diaphragm, and the succussations of the intercostal and abdominal muscles in laughter, to drive the gall and other bitter juices from the gall bladder1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 4, Penguin, published 2003, page 270
  2. (obsolete) A trot or trotting.
    • They rode, but authors having not / Determin'd whether pace or trot, / That is to say, whether tollutation, / As they do term't, or succussation […]1663, Samuel Butler, Hudibras, part 1, canto 1
    • lifting one foot before, and the cross foot behind, which is succussation or trotting1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

succussation meaning in Bengali

succussation in Bengali

প্রচণ্ড ঝাঁকুনি, ধাক্কা

Forms of succussation

pluralsuccussations

Origin of succussation

From Medieval Latin succussatio, from the past participle stem of Latin succussare, frequentative of succutere, from sub- + quatere (“shake”).

Questions about succussation

What does succussation mean?
Succussation means violent shaking or jolting.
What is succussation in Bengali?
Succussation in Bengali is প্রচণ্ড ঝাঁকুনি, ধাক্কা. See Succussation meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is succussation?
Succussation is a noun.
How do you pronounce succussation?
Succussation is pronounced /sʌkəˈseɪʃən/.
What is the plural of succussation?
The plural of succussation is succussations.

Words near succussation in the dictionary

  1. succursal
  2. succursals
  3. succus
  4. succus entericus
  5. succuss
  6. succussation
  7. succussations
  8. succussatory
  9. succussed
  10. succusses
  11. succussing

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