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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1588/
- Published: 2024-06-04T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-04-01T17:08:47.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

The word for today is…

allision (noun):

1 *obsolete* : the action of dashing against or striking upon  
2: the running of one ship upon another ship that is stationary – distinguished from collision

Source :[ Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/allision?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Late Latin allision-, allisio, from Latin allisus (past participle of allidere to strike against, from ad- + -lidere, from laedere to hurt) + -ion-, -io -ion. First recorded use of allision was in 1615

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