vaticination

English

Etymology

vaticinate +‎ -ion

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vəˌtɪsɪˈneɪʃən/

Noun

vaticination (plural vaticinations)

1. Prediction, prophecy.
   • 1759, [Laurence Sterne], chapter XII, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, 2nd (1st London) edition, volume I, London: […] R[obert] and J[ames] Dodsley […], published 1760, →OCLC, page 66:

     Yorick ſcarce ever heard this ſad vaticination of his deſtiny read over to him, but with a tear ſtealing from his eye, […]

   • 1836, [Ralph Waldo Emerson], “Discipline”, in Nature, Boston, Mass.: James Munroe and Company, →OCLC, page 56:

     Every surmise and vaticination of the mind is entitled to a certain respect, and we learn to prefer imperfect theories, and sentences, which contain glimpses of truth, to digested systems which have no one valuable suggestion.

   • 1858 May 29, The Launceston Examiner, Tasmania, page 6, column 2:

     The anonymous oracle, the author of this pamphlet, is an example of entertaining dullness. He has manufactured a very damp squib; he is a serious man in motley; and practical ideas occasionally drop in among his fantastic vaticinations.

   • 1994, The Sunday Times, London:

     ...[Nineteen Eighty-Four] breaks all records for gloomy vaticination...

Related terms

• vaticinate
• vaticinatory

Anagrams

• inactivation

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāticinātiōnem. By surface analysis, vaticiner +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ti.si.na.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

vaticination f (plural vaticinations)

1. vaticination

Further reading

• “vaticination”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.