articulation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun the aspect of pronunciation that involves bringing articulatory organs together so as to shape the sounds of speech
noun the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
noun expressing in coherent verbal form

From Middle English articulacioun, from Old French articulacion, from Medieval Latin articulatio. Equivalent to articulate + -ion.

PRIVATE CARR: _(With ferocious articulation. — Ulysses, James Joyce
PAGE I. ARTICULATION 11 II. — McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader, William Holmes McGuffey
Note the difficulties of Articulation. — The Ontario High School Reader, Aletta E. Marty

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