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inconcoction

inconcoction noun: the state of being undigested, unripe, or immature.

Noun

inconcoction (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being undigested, unripe, or immature.
    • the middle action , which produceth such imperfect bodies , is fitly called (by some of the ancients) inquination, or inconcoction, which is a kind of putrefaction1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Origin of inconcoction

From in- + concoction.

Questions about inconcoction

What does inconcoction mean?
Inconcoction means the state of being undigested, unripe, or immature.
What part of speech is inconcoction?
Inconcoction is a noun.

Words near inconcoction in the dictionary

  1. inconclusiveness
  2. inconclusivenesses
  3. inconclusivity
  4. inconcoct
  5. inconcocted
  6. inconcoction
  7. inconcrete
  8. inconcurring
  9. inconcussible
  10. incondensability
  11. incondensable

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