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latration

Noun CEFR B2
ləˈtreɪʃən

Definitions

Barking, an instance of barking.

archaic

Examples

“If a dog bite⟳ a pig, the narrative teems with ‘virus’, the ‘rabid animal’, and the ‘latration’ of the patient”
“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.”
“What then must have⟳ been the effect upon the eminent philologist of the midnight latrations of Fernando Wood's yellow dog?”
“And rather a latration of yaps and yowls as a harum-scarum of dogs swept past.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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