absquatulation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From absquatulate + -ion.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (US) IPA(key): /æbˈzkwɑt͡ʃ.ʊ.leɪ.ʃn̩/, /æbˈskwɑt͡ʃ.ʊ.leɪ.ʃn̩/, /æbˈskwɑt͡ʃ.ə.leɪ.ʃn̩/, /æbˈzkwɑt͡ʃ.ə.leɪ.ʃn̩/
Noun
[edit]absquatulation (plural absquatulations)
- The act of absquatulating; hasty departure. [First attested in the mid 19th century.][1]
References
[edit]- “absquatulation”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “absquatulation”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “absquatulation”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 9.