exilition

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noun

The act of suddenly jumping up or out.

OriginLatin exilīo →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounexilition (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe act of suddenly jumping up or out.

    From Salt-petre proceedeth the force and the report; for Sulphur and Small-coal mixed will not take fire with noise, or exilition […]

    1646, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica, II.5

Origin

  1. Latinexilīo“leap up, bound”
  2. Englishexilition

From Latin exilīo (“leap up, bound”) + -ion.

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APA

exilition. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exilition

MLA

“exilition.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exilition. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “exilition,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exilition.

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