Dictionary

latration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /læˈtreɪʃən/
• /ləˈtreɪʃən/

Etymology

From Latin lātrātio, from lātrāre (“to bark”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to latrate + -ion.

Meanings

1. (archaic) Barking, an instance of barking.
   • 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:
   • If a dog bite a pig, the narrative teems with ‘virus’, the ‘rabid animal’, and the ‘latration’ of the patient 1828, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, number 23, page 194:
   • And rather a latration of yaps and yowls as a harum-scarum of dogs swept past. 2001, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys:
   • 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:

Forms

Relateds

latrate · oblatration