prosternation

English

Etymology

French. See prostration.

Noun

prosternation (plural prosternations)

1. (obsolete) dejection; depression

   Synonyms: melancholy, misery; see also Thesaurus:sadness

   • 1676, Richard Wiseman, Severall Chirurgicall Treatises, London: […] E. Flesher and J. Macock, for R[ichard] Royston […], and B[enjamin] Took, […], →OCLC:

     a Prosternation of Spirit

References

“prosternation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔs.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/

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Noun

prosternation f (plural prosternations)

1. prostration

Further reading

• “prosternation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.