luctation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin luctātiō, from luctor (“to wrestle, strive”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
luctation (usually uncountable, plural luctations)
- Effort to overcome in contest; struggle; endeavour.
- a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon
- thoſe duties which require the luctation of the Mind
- a. 1658, Anthony Farindon, a sermon
References[edit]
- “luctation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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