latration

English

Etymology

From Latin lātrātio, from lātrāre (“to bark”) + -tiō (“-tion: forming abstract nouns”). Equivalent to latrate +‎ -ion.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləˈtreɪʃən/, /læˈtreɪʃən/

Noun

latration (plural latrations)

1. (now rare) Barking, an instance of barking.
   • 1828, Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, number 23, page 194:

     If a dog bite a pig, the narrative teems with ‘virus’, the ‘rabid animal’, and the ‘latration’ of the patient

   • 1835, Christian Examiner:

     But for this barrier, the theological Cerberus would find himself turning so few passengers from its gate, that he would soon, himself, weary of his wearisome latrations.

   • 1925, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Notes and anecdotes of many years, page 75:

     What then must have been the effect upon the eminent philologist of the midnight latrations of Fernando Wood's yellow dog?

   • 2001, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two Boys:

     And rather a latration of yaps and yowls as a harum-scarum of dogs swept past.

Related terms

• latrate
• oblatration

References

• “latration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “latration, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022.

Anagrams

• tralation