efflagitation

== English == === Alternative forms === flagitation === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin efflāgitātiō. === Noun === efflagitation (countable and uncountable, plural efflagitations) (obsolete, rare) An earnest request, an entreaty. 1776, George Wythe, in W. Edwin Hemphill, “George Wythe Courts the Muses”, The William and Mary Quarterly, Vol. 9 (3rd series), No. 3 (Jul., 1952), page 342: With candor attend to her efflagitation, / […] (obsolete, rare) A constant and insistent demanding, importunity. ==== Related terms ==== efflagitate