sputation
English
Etymology
From Latin sputare (“to spit”), intensitive from spuere (“to spit”). Compare French sputation.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spjuːˈteɪʃən/
Noun
sputation
- The act of spitting; expectoration.
- 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
- ſurprized with a ſanguin ſputation upon a ſudden cohibition of their Hæmorrboids
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References
sputation in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- outpaints, paint outs, paints out