alembicationn.

Brit.

/əˌlɛmbᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/əˌlɛmbəˈkeɪʃən/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin alembication-, alembicatio.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin alembication-, alembicatio (1522 or earlier) < alembicus , alembicum alembic n. + classical Latin -ātiō -ation suffix. Compare Middle French or French †allambiquement distillation (1614), French alambiquage excessive subtlety (1835 or earlier). Compare slightly later alembicate v.Post-classical Latin alembicare ‘to refine, distil’ is apparently first attested later than alembicatio (1553 or earlier).

1. The action or an act of refining something or making something purer or more perfect; distillation; the result of this. Also: the purest or most refined product of; the quintessence.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > purification or refinement

polishingc1400

mellowing1528

smoothing1577

polishment1594

refinement1611

alembication1616

lustrationc1635

purification1753

burnishing1780

smoothification1799

limation1852

1616 P. Hay Vision Balaams Asse To King sig. ¶4 To refine S. Peter and by a new Alembication to make him Monarchall Priest and Monarchall Prince ouer the whole vniuerse.

1816 T. Jefferson Let. 24 Apr. in Writings (1855) VI. 590 Your three or four alembications have indeed a seducing appearance.

1936 Proc. Brit. Acad. 21 195 The masterpieces of this process of alembication are the views of Petworth Park, painted in about 1830.

1951 O. Downes in N.Y. Times 24 Mar. 9/3 The reading [of Verdi's ‘Requiem’] was the alembication of a lifetime's thought and experience.

2000 Interzone Dec. 52/3 It is the alembication of all the consciousnesses of all the worlds.

2. Over-refinement of language or ideas; excessive subtlety; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > delicacy of > often excessive

subtilty1569

niceness1580

curiosity1605

over-refinement1711

alembication1824

over-subtlety1833

over-refining1834

supersubtlety1834

1824 Congregational Mag. Mar. 122/2 In their tedious alembication, the spirit of Scripture, instead of being fairly extracted, evaporates altogether.

1893 R. L. Stevenson Vailima Lett. 2 June (1895) 271 This sort of trouble..produces nothing when done but alembication and the far-fetched.

1920 Catholic World June 298 He finds this much-vaunted novel of Meredith is full of extravagant verbiage,..of obscurities and alembications.

1945 K. Burke Gram. Motives i. iii. 69 However confusing the subject may become in the alembications of theology and metaphysics, it is at least obvious enough on this first level.

2008 D. Deans Defenestration of Bob T. Hash III 220 Bob thought he could trap me into proffering some silver-tongued alembication of my own.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	alembication
释义	alembicationn. Brit. /əˌlɛmbᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /əˌlɛmbəˈkeɪʃən/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin alembication-, alembicatio. Etymology: < post-classical Latin alembication-, alembicatio (1522 or earlier) < alembicus , alembicum alembic n. + classical Latin -ātiō -ation suffix. Compare Middle French or French †allambiquement distillation (1614), French alambiquage excessive subtlety (1835 or earlier). Compare slightly later alembicate v.Post-classical Latin alembicare ‘to refine, distil’ is apparently first attested later than alembicatio (1553 or earlier). 1. The action or an act of refining something or making something purer or more perfect; distillation; the result of this. Also: the purest or most refined product of; the quintessence. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > purification or refinement polishingc1400 mellowing1528 smoothing1577 polishment1594 refinement1611 alembication1616 lustrationc1635 purification1753 burnishing1780 smoothification1799 limation1852 1616 P. Hay Vision Balaams Asse To King sig. ¶4 To refine S. Peter and by a new Alembication to make him Monarchall Priest and Monarchall Prince ouer the whole vniuerse. 1816 T. Jefferson Let. 24 Apr. in Writings (1855) VI. 590 Your three or four alembications have indeed a seducing appearance. 1936 Proc. Brit. Acad. 21 195 The masterpieces of this process of alembication are the views of Petworth Park, painted in about 1830. 1951 O. Downes in N.Y. Times 24 Mar. 9/3 The reading [of Verdi's ‘Requiem’] was the alembication of a lifetime's thought and experience. 2000 Interzone Dec. 52/3 It is the alembication of all the consciousnesses of all the worlds. 2. Over-refinement of language or ideas; excessive subtlety; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > delicacy of > often excessive subtilty1569 niceness1580 curiosity1605 over-refinement1711 alembication1824 over-subtlety1833 over-refining1834 supersubtlety1834 1824 Congregational Mag. Mar. 122/2 In their tedious alembication, the spirit of Scripture, instead of being fairly extracted, evaporates altogether. 1893 R. L. Stevenson Vailima Lett. 2 June (1895) 271 This sort of trouble..produces nothing when done but alembication and the far-fetched. 1920 Catholic World June 298 He finds this much-vaunted novel of Meredith is full of extravagant verbiage,..of obscurities and alembications. 1945 K. Burke Gram. Motives i. iii. 69 However confusing the subject may become in the alembications of theology and metaphysics, it is at least obvious enough on this first level. 2008 D. Deans Defenestration of Bob T. Hash III 220 Bob thought he could trap me into proffering some silver-tongued alembication of my own. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1616
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