coaxation

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοάξ (koáx, “the noise of frogs”).

Noun

coaxation (countable and uncountable, plural coaxations)

1. (rare) The act of croaking.
   • 1664, Henry More, Mystery of Iniquity:

     The importunate, harsh, and disharmonious coaxations of frogs.

See also

• brekekekex

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “coaxation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)