latration
noun/ləˈtreɪʃən/ · /læˈtreɪʃən/
Etymology From Latin lātrātio, from lātrāre (“to bark”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to latrate + -ion.
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Archaic Barking, an instance of barking.
- If a dog bite a pig, the narrative teems with ‘virus’, the ‘rabid animal’, and the ‘latration’ of the patient1828, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, number 23, page 194:
- But for this barrier, the theological Cerberus would find himself turning so few passengers from its gate, that he would soon, himself, weary of his wearisome latrations.1835, Christian Examiner:
2 more examples
- What then must have been the effect upon the eminent philologist of the midnight latrations of Fernando Wood's yellow dog?1925, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Notes and anecdotes of many years, page 75:
- And rather a latration of yaps and yowls as a harum-scarum of dogs swept past.2001, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys:
- Related terms
- latrate, oblatration