English Explanatory Dictionary

alembication

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of making something more refined or pure; distillation.
Excessively refined or pretentious language.

Word forms

alembication alembications

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alembicatio, from Latin alembīcum.

Related words

alembic alembicated

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