concoction

English

WOTD – 1 October 2015

Etymology

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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin concoctiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈkɒkʃən/
• IPA^(key): /kənˈkɑkʃɪn/, /kəŋˈkɑkʃɪn/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

concoction (countable and uncountable, plural concoctions)

1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
2. A mixture prepared in such a way.
3. Something made up, an invention.
4. (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 […]

5. (obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of John Donne to this entry?)

6. (obsolete, medicine) Abatement of a morbid process, such as fever, and return to a normal condition.
7. (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

• Dutch: brouwsel (nl)
• Finnish: sekoittaminen (fi)
• German: Mischen n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: mistura (it) f, intruglio (it) m, miscuglio (it) m
• Swedish: brygd (sv) c, tillblandning c

mixture so prepared

• Dutch: mengsel (nl)
• Finnish: keitos
• German: Mischung (de) f, Zubereitung (de) f, Gemisch (de) n
• Greek: μείγμα (el) n (meígma)
• Hebrew: מִרְקַחַת f (mirqáẖat)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Macedonian: напиток m (napitok), напивка f (napivka)
• Polish: konkokcja f
• Spanish: brebaje (es) m, poción (es) f, mejunje (es) m, cocimiento m
• Swedish: hopkok n, brygd (sv) c

something made up

• Dutch: preparaat (nl)
• Finnish: keitos
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: macchinazione (it) f, accrocco m, lavoro abborracciato m
• Swedish: påhitt (sv) n

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin concoctiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.kɔk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

concoction f (plural concoctions)

1. concoction (mixture)

Further reading

• “concoction”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Middle French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin concoctiōnem.

Noun

concoction f (plural concoctions)

1. concoction (mixture)