[ prɪ'dɪkəm(ə)nt ]
■ noun
1》 a difficult situation.
2》 Philosophy each of the ten categories in Aristotelian logic.
Origin
ME (orig. in sense 'category', later 'state of being', hence 'difficult situation'): from late L. praedicamentum 'something predicated' (rendering Gk katēgoria 'category'), from L. praedicare (see predicate ).