| Webster's Online Dictionary |
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| Noun | 1. A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases.[Websters]. | |
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Date "Floccillation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
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Etymology:Floccillation \Floc`cil*la"tion\, noun. [Latin expression floccus flock of wool. Compare to Flock of wool.]. (references) |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Noun | 1. A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; -- an alarming symptom in acute diseases.[Websters]. | |
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Date "FLOCCILLATION" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
| Etymology:Floccillation \Floc`cil*la"tion\, noun. [Latin expression floccus flock of wool. Compare to Flock of wool.]. (references) |
