"alembication" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alembications [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: Borrowed from Latin alembicatio, from Latin alembīcum. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|alembicatio}} Borrowed from Latin alembicatio, {{der|en|la|alembīcum}} Latin alembīcum Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} alembication (countable and uncountable, plural alembications), {{tlb|en|literary|rare}} (literary, rare)
  1. The act of making something more refined or pure; distillation. Tags: countable, literary, rare, uncountable Translations (distillation): дистиляція (dystyljacija) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-alembication-en-noun-KeogtEjB Disambiguation of 'distillation': 99 1
  2. Excessively refined or pretentious language. Tags: countable, literary, rare, uncountable Translations (Excessively purified/eloquent language): чиста мова (čysta mova) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-alembication-en-noun-kK7N2mby Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 12 88 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of 'Excessively purified/eloquent language': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: alembic, alembicated

Inflected forms

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