Meanings
nounexpiscation (countable and uncountable, plural expiscations)
plural expiscations
- archaiccountablefigurativelyformaluncountableusuallyThe act of expiscating or searching for information; fishing.
All thy worth, yet, thy selfe must Patronise, By quaffing more of the Castalian Head; In expiscation of whose Mysteries, Our Netts must still be clogd, with heauy Lead, To make them sincke, and catche
1601, George Chapman, Peristeros, or the Male Turtle
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expiscation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expiscation
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “expiscation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/expiscation.
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