adjuration
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun edit
adjuration (countable and uncountable, plural adjurations)
- A grave warning.
- 1855 December – 1857 June, Charles Dickens, Little Dorrit, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1857, →OCLC:
- The visitor, observing that she held the door on the inside, and that, when the uncle tried to open it, there was a sharp adjuration of 'Don't, stupid!' and an appearance of loose stocking and flannel, concluded that the young lady was in an undress.
- A solemn oath.
Translations edit
solemn oath
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See also edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin adiūrātiōnem.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
adjuration f (plural adjurations)
Further reading edit
- “adjuration”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.