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trickeration en · NOUN

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Etymology

Etymology tree English trickery Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English trickeration From trickery + -ation.

Meanings

1. (colloquial, dialectal, humorous) Trickery.
   • "I'm a victim of trickeration. I think I'm destined to be investigated until I die," he says, [....] 1995, Peter Heller, Bad Intentions: The Mike Tyson Story, page 210:
   • "What trickeration?" I inquired. "Atom bomb shelters." said Simple. "Harlem landlords have no intention of building bomb shelters for their roomers. 1965, Langston Hughes, “Bomb Shelters”, in Simple's Uncle Sam:
   • Rather, he hoped there was some legal trickeration he could deploy to get a retroactive water right filed and end-run the opposition. 2005, Jeff Hull, Pale Morning Done: A Novel, page 214:

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