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tubicination

tubicination noun: the act or process of sounding a trumpet.

Noun

tubicination (plural tubicinations)

  1. (rare) The act or process of sounding a trumpet
    • But what can this confounded unnatural noise be?— / All this buxination, and tubicination, / This acclamation, and tympanization?— […]1843, G. De Lys, “The Marriage of Belphegor”, in Bentley's Miscellany, volume 14, page 617
  2. (rare) The sound of a trumpet
    • The conductor sounded his ram's horn; this was a tubicination the meaning of which had been carefully prescribed in the regulations of the company, and was well understood by the Indians.1928, Society of Oklahoma Indians, The American Indian, Volume 3, page 20

Forms of tubicination

pluraltubicinations

Origin of tubicination

From Latin tubicinātus (“sounded a trumpet”), past participle of tubicinō (“sound a trumpet”).

Words that rhyme with tubicination

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Questions about tubicination

What does tubicination mean?
Tubicination means the act or process of sounding a trumpet.
What part of speech is tubicination?
Tubicination is a noun.
What is the plural of tubicination?
The plural of tubicination is tubicinations.

Words near tubicination in the dictionary

  1. tubfast
  2. tubfish
  3. tubful
  4. tubfuls
  5. tubi
  6. tubicination
  7. tubicinations
  8. tubicolar
  9. tubicole
  10. tubicoles
  11. tubicolous

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