excogitation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin excogitatio.

Noun[edit]

excogitation (countable and uncountable, plural excogitations)

  1. 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 []

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin excogitātiōnem.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Noun[edit]

excogitation f (plural excogitations)

  1. excogitation

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