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docimasia

docimasia is the alternative form of docimasy.

Meaning of docimasy

Noun

docimasy (usually uncountable, plural docimasies)

  1. (dated, usually) The art by which the nature and proportions of an ore are determined; assaying.
    Synonyms:
    docimastics
  2. (dated, usually) The examination of poisons.

Words formed from docimasia

Questions about docimasia

What is docimasia the alternative form of?
Docimasia is the alternative form of docimasy.

Words near docimasia in the dictionary

  1. docilized
  2. docilizes
  3. docilizing
  4. docilly
  5. docimacy
  6. docimasia
  7. docimasies
  8. docimastic
  9. docimastical
  10. docimastically
  11. docimastics

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Adapted from Wiktionary: docimasia (page history and authors); docimasy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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