Expergefaction
Pronunciation: (ek-SPUHR-juh-fak-shuhn)
MEANING:
noun:
1. Awakening or arousing.
2. The state of being awakened or aroused.
1. Awakening or arousing.
2. The state of being awakened or aroused.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Latin expergefacere (to awaken), from expergisci (to become awake) + facere (to make or do). Earliest documented use: 1639.
USAGE:
“It was as if the humans’ sudden reappearance was an expergefaction; their great destructive potential inspired the actions that the prophets had not deemed essential only a few short weeks before.”
Ivan Henley; The Black Sword of Xorimahr; Writers Club Press; 2002.
Ivan Henley; The Black Sword of Xorimahr; Writers Club Press; 2002.
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