excogitation

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin excogitatio.

Noun

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excogitation (countable and uncountable, plural excogitations)

  1. Careful thought or consideration.
    • c. 1672, William Petty - Political Arithmetick, p. 21.
      […] the subtile excogitations of the Hollanders […]
    • 186?, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend
      To the excogitation of this problem, this harmless gentleman had devoted many anxious hours […]
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French

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Etymology

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From Latin excogitātiōnem.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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excogitation f (plural excogitations)

  1. excogitation
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