• Latration

    Full definition of latration

    Noun

    latration

    (plural latrations)
    1. (obsolete) A barking.
      • 1835, Christian ExaminerBut for this barrier, the theological Cerberus would find himself turning so few passengers from its gate, that he would soon, himself, weary of his wearisome latrations.
      • 1925, Joseph Bucklin Bishop, Notes and anecdotes of many years (page 75)What then must have been the effect upon the eminent philologist of the midnight latrations of Fernando Wood's yellow dog?
      • 2001, Jamie O'Neill, At Swim, Two BoysAnd rather a latration of yaps and yowls as a harum-scarum of dogs swept past.
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