concoction
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin concoctiō.
Pronunciation
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Noun
concoction (countable and uncountable, plural concoctions)
- The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
- A mixture prepared in such a way.
- Something made up, an invention.
- (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.260:
- [Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]
- Template:RQ:RBrtn AntmyMlncly, New York Review of Books, 2001, p.260:
- (obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of John Donne to this entry?)
- (obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
- (obsolete) The act of perfecting or maturing.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Francis Bacon to this entry?)
Translations
preparing of substance from many ingredients
mixture so prepared
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something made up
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French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin concoctiōnem.
Pronunciation
Noun
concoction f (plural concoctions)
- concoction (mixture)
Further reading
- “concoction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin concoctiōnem.
Noun
concoction f (plural concoctions)
- concoction (mixture)
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