grassation

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noun

A wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting.

OriginLatin grassātiō →
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Meanings

noungrassation (countable and uncountable, plural grassations)

plural grassations

  1. countableobsoleterareuncountableA wandering about with evil intentions; a rioting.

    If in Vice there be a perpetual Grassation, there must be in virtue a perpetual Vigilance

    1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political

Origin

  1. Latingrassātiō“rioting”
  2. Englishgrassation

From Latin grassātiō (“rioting”), from grassāri.

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APA

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MLA

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

Chicago

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

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