exestuation

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/ɛɡˌzɛstjuˈeɪʃən//ɛɡˌzɛst͡ʃuˈeɪʃən/

noun

A boiling up or effervescence.

OriginLatin exaestuatio →
Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nounexestuation (usually uncountable, plural exestuations)

plural exestuations

  1. obsoleteuncountableusuallyA boiling up or effervescence.

    The exestuation of the Waters of the Sea

    1695, Lucretius, translated by Thomas Creech, Of the Nature of Things

Origin

  1. Latinexaestuatio
  2. Englishexestuation

Latin exaestuatio.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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