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Added 9 October 2026

pronouncement

noun

In Latin: effātum Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). More about pronouncement at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

An official public announcement.
The trial concluded with the pronouncement of a guilty verdict.
An utterance.

Origin

From Anglo-Norman and Old French prononcement. By surface analysis, pronounce + -ment. Doublet of pronunciamento.

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