dignotion

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noun

distinguishing mark; a diagnostic or dicernment

OriginLatin dignoscere →
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Meanings

noundignotion (plural dignotions)

plural dignotions

  1. obsoletedistinguishing mark; a diagnostic or dicernment

    That temperamentall dignotions, and conjecture of prevalent humours, may be collected from spots in our nails, we are not averse to concede.

    1646/50, Sir Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica

Origin

  1. Latindignoscere“to distinguish”
  2. Englishdignotion

From Latin dignoscere (“to distinguish”), from di-, dis- + gnoscere, noscere (“to learn to know”).

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APA

dignotion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dignotion

MLA

“dignotion.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dignotion. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dignotion,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dignotion.

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