obtruncation

English

Etymology

Latin obtruncatio.

Noun

obtruncation (uncountable)

1. (formal) The act of lopping or cutting off.
   • 1644, Edw[ard] Coke, The Fourth Part of the Institutes of the Laws of England. […], London: […] M[iles] Flesher, for W[illiam] Lee, and D[aniel] Pakeman, →OCLC:

     obtruncation of any member

References

• “obtruncation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• conturbation