abacination
noun/əˌbæsɪˈneɪʃən/
Etymology
From abacinate + -ion.
- derived from abacinātus
Definitions
The act of abacinating, of blinding with the light from hot metal
- That blind general lost his sight by the process of abacination.
- Her warmth and radiance had blinded him, a self-inflicted abacination.
- I, who had seen so many brandings and abacinations, and had even used the iron myself (among the billion things I recall perfectly is the flesh of Morwenna's cheeks blistering), could scarcely force myself to go and look at him.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for abacination. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA