forcipation

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noun

torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers

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Meanings

nounforcipation (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountabletorture by pinching with forceps or pinchers

    And à punishment surely it is , though of great terror , yet by reason of the quick dispatching , of less torment far than either the wheel or forcipation , yea than simple burning

    1592, Francis Bacon, Observations on a Libel

Origin

From Latin forcip(is) + -ation.

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APA

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

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

Chicago

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

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