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affliction

Pronunciation: /əˈflɪk.ʃən/

The English word “affliction” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A state of pain, suffering, distress or agony.
  2. Something which causes pain, suffering, distress or agony.

Etymology

From Middle English affliction, affliccioun, from Old French afliction, borrowed from Latin afflīctiōnem (“pain, suffering, torment”), from Latin afflīctō (“to damage, harass, torment”), from ad- + flīctus, past participle of afflīgō (“strike, beat”), from ad- + flīgō (“strike”) (whence af-). By surface analysis, afflict + -ion.

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