Concoction

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /kÉ™nˈkÉ’kʃən/

Origin

From Latin concoctiōnem.

Full definition of concoction

Noun

1. (obsolete) Digestion (of food etc.).
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, New York Review Books 2001, p. 260:Sorrow hinders concoction, refrigerates the heart, takes away stomach, colour, and sleep; thickens the blood ...etc.
2. The preparing of a medicine, food or other substance out of many ingredients.
3. A mixture prepared in such a way.
4. Something made-up, an invention.
5. (obsolete, figurative) The act of digesting in the mind; rumination.
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.