Meanings
nouneffiction (plural effictions)
plural effictions
- obsoleteAn expressing or a representing.
1775,
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Effiction, an expressing or representing.
[1656, Thomas Blount, Glossographia; […], quoted in OED
Origin
- Latineffictiō
- Latineffictiō
- Englisheffiction
Learned borrowing from Latin effictiōnem. First attested in 1656.
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Rhymes with effiction
fictionjurisdictionaddictionrestrictionpredictionconvictionfrictioncontradictiondepictionevictionafflictiondictionconstrictionbenedictionderelictionmaledictionstictionstrictionabstrictionaffixionastrictioncondictionconflictionemiction
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Cite this entry
APA
effiction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effiction
MLA
“effiction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effiction. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “effiction,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/effiction.
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