Home › Words › F › forcipationforcipationforcipation means torture by pinching with forceps or pinchers.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, forcipation ranks #12,796 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom Latin forcip(is) + -ation.nountorture by pinching with forceps or pincherse.g.“And à punishment surely it is , though of great terror , yet by reason of the quick dispatching , of less torment far than either the wheel or forcipation , yea than simple burning” — 1592, Francis Bacon, Observations on a Libel:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.topinch 62% match — To pinch severely. vs forcipation →forceps 60% match — An instrument used in surgery or medical procedures for grasping and holding objects, similar to tongs or pincers. vs forcipation →forcing 58% match — The act by which someone or something is forced. vs forcipation →forcipal 57% match — Branched and forked like a pair of forceps; constructed so as to open and shut. vs forcipation →pinchingly 56% match — So as to pinch vs forcipation →pincerwise 56% match — As if with pincers. vs forcipation →cruciation 56% match — torture or torment vs forcipation →forcement 56% match — The act of forcing; compulsion. vs forcipation →