sufferation

English

Etymology

suffer +‎ -ation

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌfəˌreɪʃ(ə)n/
  • Hyphenation: su‧ffe‧ra‧tion

Noun

sufferation (plural sufferations)

  1. (Rastafari, Jamaica, nonstandard) suffering, especially due to poverty or repression
    In this time of economic hardship, there is only sufferation upon the land.
    • 1982, Tapper Zukie (lyrics and music), “Raggy Joey Boy”:
      Down in di ghetto where me born and grow
      sufferation with me really now
      me mama lock dah door me afi sleep outaduo
      me don't have no bed me afi sleep on di floor
      sufferation with me now
    • 2014, Marlon James, A Brief History of Seven Killings, Oneworld Publications (2015), page 332:
      Lockdown remind you that what make you brothers is not blood but sufferation.

References
  • OED 2006
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