affriˈcation
[ad. L. affricātiōn-em, n. of action f. affricā-re: see affriction.]
† 1. ‘Rubbing upon or against.’ Bailey 1721. Obs. rare—1.
| 1706 Hauksbee in Phil. Trans. XXV. 2331 The Light.. discover'd upon the Affrication of it [a glass tube] unexhausted, seem'd to be altogether on its outside. |
2. The conversion (of a sound) into an affricate.
| 1934 Trans. Philol. Soc. 87 A pure tenuis passes necessarily through the stages of aspiration and affrication. 1934 Priebsch & Collinson Germ. Lang. i. ii. 32 So-called assibilation or palatal affrication of k and g before front vowels. 1953 Archivum Linguisticum V. 69 The choice of the same diacritic mark to indicate affrication and velarization is to invite ambiguity. |