FIGURATION

figuration

(noun) decorating with a design

figuration

(noun) representing figuratively as by emblem or allegory

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

figuration (countable and uncountable, plural figurations)

The act of giving figure or determinate form.

The form of something, its outline or boundaries.

Ornamentation or decoration, especially by the addition of figures.

Mixture of concords and discords.

(art) The representation of an object through visual forms.

(sociology) A structure through which people are joined, or the process of constructing such structures.

Anagrams

• autofiring

Source: Wiktionary


Fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. figuratio.]

1. The act of giving figure or determinate form; determination to a certain form. Bacon.

2. (Mus.)

Definition: Mixture of concords and discords.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 June 2025

ALLERGIC

(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); “allergic children”; “hypersensitive to pollen”


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Coffee Trivia

According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by Alcaldía Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de Bolívar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.

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