gravamen
pronunciation
How to pronounce gravamen in British English:
UK [grə'veɪmen]
How to pronounce gravamen in American English:
US [grə'veɪmen]
Word Origin
- gravamen (n.)
- 1640s, "grievance," from Late Latin gravamen "trouble, physical inconvenience" (in Medieval Latin, "a grievance"), literally "a burden," from Latin gravare "to burden, make heavy, weigh down; oppress," from gravis "heavy" (see grave (adj.)). Specifically, in law, "part of the accusation which weighs most heavily against the accused." Related: Gravaminous.
Example
- 1. This apple gravamen , then cut the meridians , refuse to grow .
- 2. Gravamen way accidentally and angrily : " that you how have a liking for me ? "
- 3. Liu sister-in-law learned that immediately to find dean pour out , director liu hard effort to , and for , director liu ming gravamen .
- 4. He really strangely say : " today my leg why a long a short ? If wasn 't my leg to have trouble , that must be the road gravamen ! "
- 5. The gravamen of the charge against imperial germany was that it was dominated by the same philosophy which is now put forward by hitler .