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writation

writation noun: writing, especially bad or pretentious writing.

Noun

writation (uncountable)

  1. (archaic) Writing, especially bad or pretentious writing.
    • […] bad writation about the origin of society, and so forth […]
    • He wrote like a 'parnassian beau', cramming his essays with so many 'ornaments of study' that his writing was more properly called 'writation'. This attack on Latinate diction, it should be noted, often took on an explicitly chauvinistic edge.2005, H. B. Nisbet, Claude Rawson, The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism, volume 4, page 446

Origin of writation

From write + -ation.

Questions about writation

What does writation mean?
Writation means writing, especially bad or pretentious writing.
What part of speech is writation?
Writation is a noun.

Words near writation in the dictionary

  1. writ up
  2. writ-room
  3. writ-rooms
  4. writability
  5. writable
  6. writation
  7. writative
  8. write
  9. write blocker
  10. write blockers
  11. write checks one can't cash

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