talkation

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UK/tɔːˈkeɪʃən/US/tɔˈkeɪʃən/cot caught merger/tɑˈkeɪʃən/

noun

A long-winded speech or discussion.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nountalkation (countable and uncountable, plural talkations)

plural talkations

  1. colloquialcountablerareuncountableA long-winded speech or discussion.

    A tangled, wearisome talkation then ensued as to Mr. Bromley's treatment of and by the District Meeting at Manchester; their mutual misunderstandings, misdemeanours, and recriminations.

    1898, Benjamin Gregory, Side Lights on the Conflicts of Methodism During the Second Quarter of the Nineteenth Century: 1827–1852, London […]: Cassel and Company, Limited, page 204
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    Whitmanite "talkations" involved support for more than the contemporary sexual revolution. The Bolton group had friendly contact with J. A. Symonds and Havelock Ellis, and from the time of Bucke's visit in 1891 were particularly close to Edward Carpenter.

    2017, Malcolm Hardman, Global Dilemmas: Imperial Bolton-le-Moors from the Hungry Forties to the Death of Leverhulme, Madison, N.J.; Teaneck, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, →ISBN, page 135

Origin

From talk + -ation. First use appears c. 1757 in the Centinel.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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