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Definition of Expatiation
1. Noun. A discussion (spoken or written) that enlarges on a topic or theme at length or in detail.
Definition of Expatiation
1. n. Act of expatiating.
Definition of Expatiation
1. Noun. An act of expatiating ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Expatiation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Expatiation
Literary usage of Expatiation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature by Tobias George Smollett (1774)
"... for its expatiation, when its wings are plumed to foar in the regions of
immortality.* Such an attack muft be condemned by every reader of candour and ..."
2. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1908)
"But if we consider the whole content of the one with that of the other, within
the same or equal quantity of expatiation. then are they both equally ..."
3. Modern Science Reader: With Special Reference to Chemistry by Robert Montgomery Bird (1911)
"But if we consider the whole content of the one with that of the other, within
the same or equal quantity of expatiation, then are they both equally ..."
4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1913)
"And again :55 "As for matter, that I conceive in its essence to be immutable,
and its essence being expatiation determinate, it cannot be altered in its ..."
5. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial ScienceChemistry (1908)
"... and kindly copied out for me :— "As for matter, that I conceive in its essence
to be immutable, and its essence being expatiation determinate, ..."
6. Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester (1856)
"<c AS for matter, that I conceive in its essence to be immutable, and its essence
being expatiation determinate, it cannot be altered in its quantity, ..."
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