excogitation
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin excogitatio.
Noun[edit]
excogitation (countable and uncountable, plural excogitations)
- Careful thought or consideration.
- c. 1672, William Petty - Political Arithmetick, p. 21.
- […] the subtile excogitations of the Hollanders […]
- 186?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
- To the excogitation of this problem, this harmless gentleman had devoted many anxious hours […]
- c. 1672, William Petty - Political Arithmetick, p. 21.
Related terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin excogitātiōnem.
Pronunciation[edit]
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Noun[edit]
excogitation f (plural excogitations)