Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition


Latration

La-tra′tion

,
Noun.
A barking.
[Obs.]

Webster 1828 Edition


Latration

LATRA'TION

,
Noun.
A barking. [Not used.]

Definition 2024


latration

latration

English

Noun

latration (plural latrations)

  1. (obsolete) A barking.
    • 1835, Christian Examiner
      But 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 Boys
      And rather a latration of yaps and yowls as a harum-scarum of dogs swept past.