Meanings
- informalnonstandardrareslanguncountableGloating
I passed the Southern Fuel Co. yesterday and saw old Wagner at the window with a fiendish smile of gloatation on his face as he looked out on the sufferings of the widows and orphans. Little does he care if they all freeze.
1997, Thomas Wolfe, Look Homeward, Angel, page 256
Origin
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gloatation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gloatation
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