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oblatration

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ɑbləˈtreɪʃən/
  • /ɑblæˈtreɪʃən/

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noun

Meaning 1

The act of barking at someone or something; (figuratively) the act of ranting at someone or something; an instance of these.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • February 18 1629, Bishop Joseph Hall, Salvation from an Untoward Generation The Apostle fears none of these currish oblatrations...
  • 1867, William Gifford (of Leith), Memorials of the life and work of the Rev. William Johnston You were never a very hot Voluntary, even when some, who are now among the dumb dogs that cannot or will not bark, were keeping up a most violent oblatration...

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Latin oblātrātio, from oblātrāre (“to bark at, to rail against”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”), from ob- (“ob-: against, at”) + lātrāre (“to bark, to rant”). Equivalent to ob- + latration.