posicioun

Middle English

Alternative forms

• pocicioun, posicion, posiscioun, posycioun, possissioun

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French posicion, from Latin positiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔziˈsjuːn/, /pɔˈzisjun/

Noun

posicioun (plural posicions)

1. (surgery) Position or location on the body.
2. (rare) An announcement of one's stance, belief or position.

Related terms

• apposicioun
• composicioun
• deposicion
• disposicioun
• exposicioun
• imposicioun
• indisposicioun
• interposicion
• opposicioun
• preposicioun
• proposicioun
• supposicioun
• undisposicioun

 

Descendants

• English: position

References

• “posiciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-11-16.