inconcoction

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noun

The state of being undigested, unripe, or immature.

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Meanings

nouninconcoction (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableThe 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 putrefaction

    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

Origin

From in- + concoction.

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inconcoction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/inconcoction

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Chicago

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