DISCEPTATION

controversy, contention, contestation, disputation, disceptation, tilt, argument, arguing

(noun) a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; “they were involved in a violent argument”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

disceptation (countable and uncountable, plural disceptations)

(archaic) Controversy; disputation; discussion.

Source: Wiktionary


Dis`cep*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. disceptatio.]

Definition: Controversy; disputation; discussion. [Archaic] Verbose janglings and endless disceptations. Strype.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

10 January 2025

INTERSPERSION

(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”


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The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.

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