concoctiveadj.

/kənˈkɒktɪv/

Etymology: < Latin *concoctīvus, < concoquĕre : see concoct v. and -ive suffix.

†1. Pertaining to digestion (of food); digestive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [adjective]

digerent1477

digestive?1533

concoct1534

concoctive1578

concocting1620

digestible1651

peptic1651

digestative1657

concoquent1684

digestic1797

peptical1831

alimentive1835

1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 71 The Ventricle..is compassed with heatyng organs, well ayding his concoctiue force.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 678 The concoctiue quality of this flesh.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 437 With keen dispatch Of real hunger, and concoctive heate To transubstantiate.

1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 211 Cull each salubrious Plant, with bitter Juice Concoctive stor'd.

figurative.1811 J. Jebb Corr. (1834) II. 58 My mind is not originative, but concoctive.

†2. Tending to ripen or mature by heat. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > bringing to maturity > by heat

concoctive1730

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 145 The fallow ground laid open to the sun, Concoctive.

3. Pertaining to the concoction of a mixture, a story, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective]

concoctive1854

1854 J. Ruskin Lect. Archit. Addenda 235 Men who have no imagination, but have learned merely to produce a spurious resemblance of its results by the recipes of composition, are apt to value themselves mightily on their concoctive science.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020).

单词	concoctive
释义	concoctiveadj. /kənˈkɒktɪv/ Etymology: < Latin concoctīvus, < concoquĕre* : see concoct v. and -ive suffix. †1. Pertaining to digestion (of food); digestive. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > digestive or excretive organs > digestive organs > [adjective] digerent1477 digestive?1533 concoct1534 concoctive1578 concocting1620 digestible1651 peptic1651 digestative1657 concoquent1684 digestic1797 peptical1831 alimentive1835 1578 J. Banister Hist. Man v. f. 71 The Ventricle..is compassed with heatyng organs, well ayding his concoctiue force. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 678 The concoctiue quality of this flesh. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 437 With keen dispatch Of real hunger, and concoctive heate To transubstantiate. View more context for this quotation 1735 W. Somervile Chace i. 211 Cull each salubrious Plant, with bitter Juice Concoctive stor'd. figurative.1811 J. Jebb Corr. (1834) II. 58 My mind is not originative, but concoctive. †2. Tending to ripen or mature by heat. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > preparation > [adjective] > bringing to maturity > by heat concoctive1730 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 145 The fallow ground laid open to the sun, Concoctive. 3. Pertaining to the concoction of a mixture, a story, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [adjective] concoctive1854 1854 J. Ruskin Lect. Archit. Addenda 235 Men who have no imagination, but have learned merely to produce a spurious resemblance of its results by the recipes of composition, are apt to value themselves mightily on their concoctive science. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online June 2020). < adj.1578
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