luctation
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin luctātiō, from luctor (“to wrestle, strive”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
luctation (usually uncountable, plural luctations)
- Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavour.
- a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon
- thoſe duties which require the luctation of the Mind
- a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon
References edit
- “luctation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.