Definitions For Compellation

Noun

COMPELLATION (plural COMPELLATIONs) (archaic, rare) An act#noun, act of address#verb, addressing a person by a certain name#noun, name or title#noun, title. (archaic, rare) A name or title by which someone is addressed or identify, identified; an appellation, a designation. (obsolete) An act of addressing or speaking to someone; also, the address#noun, address or speech so make#verb, made.

Translations

Polish: nazwanie, n {{trans-top-also, name or title by which someone is addressed or identified, appellation, designation}} Dutch: aanspreking, benaming Italian: appellativo, m, designazione, f Polish: nazwa, f Dutch: aanspreking

Etymology

{{root, en, ine-pro, *pelh₂-}} Borrowed from {{bor, en, la, compellātiōnem, t=act of addressing}}{{R:OED Online, pos=n, id=37518, date=1891}} + w:english language, english -ion, pos={{glossary, suffix indicating the result of an action or process}}. , Compellātiōnem is the {{glossary, accusative}} {{glossary, singular}} of compellātiō, t=a rebuke, reprimand, reproof, from compellō, t=to compel; to urge; to drive together (from com-, pos={{glossary, prefix indicating a bringing together of several things}} + pellō, t=to drive, impel; to strike (ultimately from {{der, en, ine-pro, *pelh₂-, t=to approach; to drive; to strike; to thrust}}) + -tiō, pos=suffix forming {{glossary, nouns relating to actions or their results}}. Compare appellation.

Is Compellation a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
18
Words with Friends
24

The word Compellation is worth 18 points in Scrabble and 24 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Compellation in a Sentence

  • Apparently no one dares to enter the world of professional wrestling without a catchy compellation

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