excogitation

From Latin excogitatio.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɛksˌkɒdʒɪˈteɪʃən/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɛksˌkɑdʒəˈteɪʃən/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

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 […]

• excogitate

From Latin excogitātiōnem.

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excogitation f (plural excogitations)

1. excogitation

• excogiter