efflagitation

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. An earnest request, an entreaty. countable,obsolete,rare,uncountable
    — Some men knowing this to bee their prerogative, […] that their Wives are bound by Gods Law to submit to their manly spirits, and riper judgements, may perchance out of their earthlinesse, and intolerable worldly-mindednesse, […], take the advantage and unconscionablely stand off, and refuse to give their consents unto their wives pious efflagitations and intreaties.
  2. A constant and insistent demanding, importunity. countable,obsolete,rare,uncountable
    — This temper of solicitation, or more properly efflagitation, amongst his other qualifications, had greatly conduced to procure for him and his children some honourable and lucrative employments and reversions, […]

词形变化

efflagitations plural flagitation alternative

词汇关系

相关词
efflagitate

词源

Borrowed from Latin efflāgitātiō.
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