inconcoction

English

Etymology

From in- +‎ concoction.

Noun

inconcoction (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) The state of being undigested, unripe, or immature.
    • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
      the middle action , which produceth such imperfect bodies , is fitly called (by some of the ancients) inquination, or inconcoction, which is a kind of putrefaction

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