proposicioun
Middle English
Alternative forms
- proposition, proposcicioun, propocicioun, proposisioun, proposicion
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French proposicion, from Latin prōpositiō; equivalent to pro- + posicioun.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌprɔːpɔziˈsjuːn/, /ˌprɔːpɔˈzisjun/, /ˌprɔpɔziˈsjuːn/
Noun
proposicioun (plural proposiciouns)
- A proposition or assertion; a statement left to be proven.
- A conundrum; a statement with a hard-to-understand meaning.
- That which is offered in a religious context; an oblation.
- (rare) An extended treatise or dissertation; a long talk about a topic.
- (rare, geometry) A theorem; a proven statement.
- (rare) A proposed solution to an issue.
- (rare) A query; an interrogative statement.
Descendants
- English: proposition
References
- “prō̆posiciǒun (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-16.