concoction

Etymology

From Latin concoctiō.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kənˈkɒkʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kənˈkɑkʃɪn/

Noun

concoction (countable and uncountable, plural concoctions)

1. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
     , New York Review of Books, 2001, p.260:

     [Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]

2. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
3. A mixture prepared in such a way.
4. Something made-up, an invention.
5. (obsolete, figuratively) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.

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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.

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Etymology

From Latin concoctiōnem.

Noun

concoction f (plural concoctions)

1. concoction (mixture)

Further reading

• “concoction” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Latin concoctiōnem.

Noun

concoction f (plural concoctions)

1. concoction (mixture)