Meanings
plural colluctations
- countableobsoleteuncountablestruggling, conflict, strife
[…] and the shadowy Melancholy intangles her in colluctation with old Hags and Hobgoblins, and frights her with dead mens faces in the dark.
1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book II, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 69
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Latincolluctor“to struggle or contend with”
- Englishcolluctation
From Latin colluctor (“to struggle or contend with”).
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