concoction

From Latin concoctiō.

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

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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.).
   • 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:

     , 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, 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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From Latin concoctiōnem.

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concoction f (plural concoctions)

1. concoction (mixture)

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

From Latin concoctiōnem.

concoction f (plural concoctions)

1. concoction (mixture)