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Definition of Jobation
1. n. A scolding; a hand, tedious reproof.
Definition of Jobation
1. Noun. An extensive rebuke or telling-off; a long criticism or admonitory lecture. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jobation
1. a tedious scolding [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jobation
Literary usage of Jobation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1822)
"1 CANNOT conceive on what reasonable grounds, quorsum et guare, your Correspondent
who signs himself " A MAGISTRATE," doles out a pedantic lengthy jobation ..."
2. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"There is something childlike, or womanish, in his slang, when he talks of '
tease ' and ' fidget' and ' jobation ' (' I had a most horrible ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood, John Christopher Atkinson (1872)
"B. jobation is still in use for a taking to task, such as Job received at the
hand of his friends. Jockey. From Jack (or, with the Northern pronunciation, ..."
4. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1856)
"jobation. At the University of Cambridge, Eng., a sharp reprimand from the Dean for
... Thus dismissed the august presence, he recounts this jobation to his ..."
5. A Collection of College Words and Customs by Benjamin Homer Hall (1859)
"Thus dismissed the august presence, he recounts this jobation to his friends,
and enters into a discourse on masters, deans, tutors, and proctors. ..."
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