jobation

English

Etymology

From jobe +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒəʊˈbeɪʃən/

Noun

jobation (countable and uncountable, plural jobations)

1. An extensive rebuke or telling-off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture.
   • 1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XXVII The Return”, in Queen's Folly:

     Better a jobation tonight than everlasting talk tomorrow.

Translations

An extensive rebuke or telling-off

• Bulgarian: конско евангелие n (konsko evangelie)