English Explanatory Dictionary

percontation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. an enquiry
  2. A question which cannot properly be given a one-word answer like “yes” or “no”.

Pronunciation

pûr'kŏntāʹshən /ˌpɜːkɒnˈteɪʃn̩/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-percontation.wav /ˌpɝkənˈteɪʃ(ə)n/

Word forms

percontation percontations percunctation

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin percontatiō (“inquiry, questioning”), from percontor (“to interrogate, investigate”) + -tiō.

Related words

percontatorial percontative punctus percontativus
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