excogitation

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Archived revision by WingerBot (talk | contribs) as of 04:31, 16 October 2019.
Jump to navigation Jump to search

English

Etymology

From Latin excogitatio.

Noun

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 […]

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin excogitatio

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Noun

excogitation f (plural excogitations)

  1. excogitation
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=excogitation&oldid=55819581"