Meanings
nounalembication (countable and uncountable, plural alembications)
plural alembications
- countableliteraryrareuncountableThe act of making something more refined or pure; distillation.
- countableliteraryrareuncountableExcessively refined or pretentious language.
Origin
- Latinalembīcum
- Latinalembicatio
- Englishalembication
Borrowed from Latin alembicatio, from Latin alembīcum.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ukrainian дистиляція, чиста мова
- дистиляція (dystyljacija)distillation
- чиста мова (čysta mova)Excessively purified/eloquent language
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with alembication
informationeducationlocationapplicationassociationadministrationorganizationcorporationregistrationAsianfoundationcommunicationpopulationnavigationstationaccommodationoperationpublicationvacationtransportationevaluationimplementationinstallationnation
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
alembication. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alembication
MLA
“alembication.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alembication. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alembication,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alembication.
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