sufferation

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Jamaican Creole sofarieshan.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌfəˌreɪʃ(ə)n/
  • Hyphenation: su‧ffe‧ra‧tion

Noun

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sufferation (plural sufferations)

  1. (Rastafari, Jamaica, nonstandard) Suffering, especially due to poverty or repression.
    In this time of economic hardship, there is only sufferation upon the land.

References

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  • OED 2006