glomeration

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US/ˈɡlɑm.əɹˌeɪ.ʃən/

noun

The act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass

OriginLatin glomeratio →
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Meanings

nounglomeration (countable and uncountable, plural glomerations)

plural glomerations

  1. countableuncountableThe act of forming or gathering into a ball or round mass
  2. countableuncountableA conglomeration, mixture, or mass of things, people etc.

    a glomeration of subjects

    1872, The Cape Monthly Magazine
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    they sit huddled to watch the fortune of the football, ther is often here and there mid the seething glomeration of that ugly embankment of gazing faces, one that came to enjoy the sight knowingly, and yet looketh never on the contest.

    1929, Robert Bridges, The Testament of Beauty

    great glomerations of kids

    2018, Elizabeth George, The Punishment She Deserves
  3. countableuncountableSomething which is formed into a ball.

    the rainbow consisteth of a glomeration of small drops , which cannot possibly fall

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinglomeratio
  2. Englishglomeration

Latin glomeratio.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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APA

glomeration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glomeration

MLA

“glomeration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glomeration. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “glomeration,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/glomeration.

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