Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

decoction

/dɪˈkɒkʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.10 in modern English

Syllables: de-coc-tion
IPA: /dɪˈkɒkʃən/

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The process of boiling something down in this way.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[I]nſtead of Honey, Rob of Elder, Conſerve of Roſes, or Syrup of Violets; Glyſters, Pedilavia of emollient Decoctions with Nitre; or Elder, Vinegar, or Focus's of the ſame, applied with Sponges behind the Ears, to the Armpits, Groins, Hams, &c. or with Barley-water and a little Roſe-vinegar."
"The transition is a keen one, I assure you, from a schoolmaster to a sailor, and requires a strong decoction of Seneca and the Stoics to enable you to grin and bear it."
"Poley offered a hot decoction of blackberries, saying: Peace?"
"Witches and devils no longer threaten you and me. We don’t mind living next door to the harmless lady with her herb garden and decoction still, her black cat and red hair."
"Even the fixed principles of vegetables, at least some of them, are injured by long decoction. The extractive matter, for instance, gradually absorbs oxygen from the atmosphere, and is converted into a substance nearly insipid and inert."

Etymology

From Old French decoccion, decoction, from Latin decoctiō, from decoquō (“to boil down”), from de- + coquō (“to cook”).

Origin

Source language: Old French

Word Breakdown

Root: *pekʷ-, decoccion, decoctiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

decoctions (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

decoct

Rhymes With

auction concoction

Questions

How do you pronounce decoction?: The recorded pronunciation is /dɪˈkɒkʃən/.
What does decoction mean?: An extraction or essence of something, obtained by boiling it down.
Where does decoction come from?: It is traced to Old French.

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