dilucidation

English

Etymology

Latin dilucidatio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˌluːsɪˈdeɪʃən/, /dɪˌljuːsɪˈdeɪʃən/

Noun

dilucidation (countable and uncountable, plural dilucidations)

1. (obsolete) The act of making clear; clarification.
   • 1663, Robert Boyle, Some Considerations Touching the Style of the H[oly] Scriptures. […], London: […] Henry Herringman, […], →OCLC:

     And if such dilucidations be necessary to make us value writings that treat of familiar and secular affairs, […]

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “dilucidation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)