| 释义 |
talˈkation nonce-wd.
[f. talk v. + -ation.]
A talking. (Usually dyslogistic.)
1781H. Walpole Let. 9 Sept. (1955) XXIX. 152 This is the sum total of what I can learn; matter enough to dissert upon if such were my propensity! but besides not loving talkation, it is painful for me to write. 1800in Spirit Pub. Jrnls. IV. 155 It was no discourse..but a kind of talkation (if I may be allowed the expression). 1898B. Gregory Side Lights Confl. Meth. 204 A tangled, wearisome talkation then ensued. |