internecion
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin interneciō.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɪntɚˈniʃən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɪntəˈniːʃən/
Noun edit
internecion (countable and uncountable, plural internecions)
- destruction, massacre
- a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC:
- that natural propension of Self-love, and natural principle of Self-preservation, will necessarily break out into Wars and Tnternecions.
- (less common) Mutual destruction. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
References edit
- Encyclopaedia perthensis, or, Universal dictionary of the arts, sciences, literature, etc.: intended to supersede the use of other books of reference, Volume 12, Edition 2, printed by J. Brown, 1816, p. 246. Places second meaning first.
- “internecion” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
rare. (ɪntəˈniːʃən), from Latin interneciōn-em, from internecāre, from inter + necāre Lists both senses, the first supported by 3 quots. (viz. 1610, 1658, ante 1677) and the second (marked “improp.”) supported by 1 quot. (viz. 1893).