alembication
Meaning
- (countable, literary, rare, uncountable) The act of making something more refined or pure; distillation.
- (countable, literary, rare, uncountable) Excessively refined or pretentious language.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin alembicatio, from Latin alembīcum.
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