succussation

succussation

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin succussatio, from the past participle stem of Latin succussare, frequentative of succutere, from sub- + quatere (“shake”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌkəˈseɪʃən/

Noun

succussation (countable and uncountable, plural succussations)

1. (obsolete) Violent shaking or jolting.
   • 1761, Laurence Sterne, The Life & Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume 4, Penguin, published 2003, page 270:

     in order, by a more frequent and a more convulsive elevation and depression of the diaphragm, and the succussations of the intercostal and abdominal muscles in laughter, to drive the gall and other bitter juices from the gall bladder

2. (obsolete) A trot or trotting.
   • 1663, Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, part 1, canto 1

     They rode, but authors having not / Determin'd whether pace or trot, / That is to say, whether tollutation, / As they do term't, or succussation […]

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir Thomas Browne to this entry?)

Related terms

• succussion

Translations

violent shaking or jolting

Russian: тря́ска (ru) f (trjáska)

a trot or trotting

Russian: ры́сь (ru) f (rýsʹ)