jobation

English

Etymology

From jobe +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒəʊˈbeɪʃən/

Noun

jobation (countable and uncountable, plural jobations)

  1. An extensive rebuke or telling-off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture.
    • 1925, Stanley John Weyman, “XXVII The Return”, in Queen's Folly:
      Better a jobation tonight than everlasting talk tomorrow.

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