talkation

English

Etymology

From talk +‎ -ation. First use appears c. 1757 in the Centinel.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /tɔːˈkeɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /tɔˈkeɪʃən/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /tɑˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

talkation (countable and uncountable, plural talkations)

1. (colloquial, rare) A long-winded speech or discussion.
   • 1898, Benjamin Gregory, Side Lights on the Conflicts of Methodism During the Second Quarter of the Nineteenth Century: 1827–1852, London […]: Cassel and Company, Limited, page 204:

     A tangled, wearisome talkation then ensued as to Mr. Bromley's treatment of and by the District Meeting at Manchester; their mutual misunderstandings, misdemeanours, and recriminations.

   • 2017, Malcolm Hardman, Global Dilemmas: Imperial Bolton-le-Moors from the Hungry Forties to the Death of Leverhulme, Madison, N.J., Teaneck, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, →ISBN, page 135:

     Whitmanite "talkations" involved support for more than the contemporary sexual revolution. The Bolton group had friendly contact with J. A. Symonds and Havelock Ellis, and from the time of Bucke's visit in 1891 were particularly close to Edward Carpenter.

Usage notes

• The term is extremely rare and has never been in common use.

References

• “talkation, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.