imploration en · NOUN
Etymology
From French imploration, from Latin implorationem.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) The action of imploring; begging, beseeching.
Dulled by the burlap, Josiah’s incoherent implorations were a soft, wet mumble.
2017, Hernan Diaz, In the Distance, Daunt Books (2018), page 230:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| implorations | Number=Plur | lexicographic |