ingannation

== English == === Etymology === From Italian ingannazione, nominal form derived from ingannare (“deceive, cheat, betray”) from Vulgar Latin ingannāre, from Latin gannō. === Noun === ingannation (countable and uncountable, plural ingannations) (obsolete) Cheating; deception. 1907, Edwin Sauter, “The Street,” V, in Satires, Boston: R.G. Badger, p. 37,[3] Trade asks but two thoughts to insure success— Sell much and cheaply,—but first buy for less: And close as mortar cleaveth unto bricks, To buying and selling ingannation sticks. === References === “ingannation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.