"alembication" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: alembications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alembicatio, from Latin alembīcum. Etymology templates: {{glossary|loanword|Borrowed}} Borrowed, {{bor|en|la|alembicatio|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Latin alembicatio, {{bor+|en|la|alembicatio}} Borrowed from Latin alembicatio, {{der|en|la|alembīcum}} Latin alembīcum Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} alembication (countable and uncountable, plural alembications)
  1. The act of making something more refined or pure; distillation. Tags: countable, literary, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-alembication-en-noun-KeogtEjB
  2. Excessively refined or pretentious language. Tags: countable, literary, rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-alembication-en-noun-kK7N2mby Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: alembic, alembicated

Inflected forms

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