demersion

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/diˈmɜː(ɹ)ʒən/

noun

The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.

OriginLatin demersio →
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Meanings

noundemersion (usually uncountable, plural demersions)

plural demersions

  1. uncountableusuallyThe act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.
  2. uncountableusuallyThe state of being overwhelmed in, or as if in, water.

    [T]his Sinking and Demerſion of Buildings into the Earth is a manifeſt Sign of their Antiquity, vvhich is ſo much the greater, by hovv much the deeper they are ſunk.

    1692, John Ray, “The First Question Concerning the World’s Dissolution, Whether there be Any Thing in Nature that may Probably Cause or Argue a Future Dissolution? Three Probable Means propounded and Discussed.”, in Miscellaneous Discourses Concerning the Dissolution and Changes of the World. […], London: […] Samuel Smith, […], →OCLC, page 360

Origin

  1. Latindemersio
  2. Englishdemersion

Latin demersio.

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Anagrams

neodermis
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

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