provokement

English

Etymology

From provoke +‎ -ment.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /pɹəˈvəʊkmənt/

Noun

provokement (plural provokements)

1. (now rare) Provocation.
   • 1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto IV”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     Whose sharp provokement them incenst so sore, / That both were bent t'avenge his usage base […]