con- coctionとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Latin concoctiō.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /kənˈkɒkʃən/, /kəŋ-/
• (General American) IPA: /kənˈkɑkʃən/, /kəŋ-/
• 韻: -ɒkʃən

名詞

concoction (countable and uncountable, plural concoctions)

1. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
   • 1936, Rollo Ahmed, The Black Art, London: Long, page 178:

     Salt is a very favoured ingredient of spell-binding concoctions.

   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 74:

     Deer Sperm: In ancient times, this was used as an ingredient on aphrodisiac concoctions. An example of organotherapy.

2. A mixture prepared in such a way.
3. Something made up, an invention.
4. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:

     [Sorrow] hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood […]

5. (obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
   • 1624, John Donne, Deuotions upon Emergent Occasions, and Seuerall Steps in My Sicknes: […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for Thomas Iones, →OCLC, pages 469–470:

     At laſt, the Phyſicians, after a long and ſtormie voyage, ſee land; They haue ſo good ſignes of the concoction of the diſeaſe, as that they may ſafely proceed to purge.

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.
   • 1627 (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 Lee […], →OCLC:

     There are also divers other great alterations of matter and bodies , besides those that tend to concoction and maturation

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