alembicatedadj.

Brit.

/əˈlɛmbᵻkeɪtᵻd/, U.S.

/əˈlɛmbəˌkeɪdᵻd/

Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin alembicatus , -ed suffix¹; alembicate v., -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: Probably partly < post-classical Latin alembicatus (1560 or earlier; < alembicus , alembicum alembic n. + classical Latin -ātus -ate suffix²) + -ed suffix¹, and partly (in later use) < alembicate v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare French alambiqué (1630). Compare earlier alembication n.

Produced as if in an alembic; distilled; refined; esp. (of language, ideas, etc.) over-refined, excessively subtle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > with delicacy > often excessive

fine-spun1611

over-refined1709

over-refining1761

alembicated1786

1786 H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson 197 His mind was like a warm climate, which brings every thing to perfection suddenly and vigorously, not like the alembicated productions of artificial fire.

1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. i. 8 Theories of alembicated refinement.

1823 New Monthly Mag. 7 194 Alembicated systems for explaining conduct, and reconciling contradictions of character, are rarely satisfactory.

1897 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 516 One fragment of a somewhat alembicated epistle to an aunt—‘I wish to Heaven I had Prince Hussain's fairy carpet to transport me along the deeps of air to your coterie’.

1913 W. Raleigh in Eng. Rev. May 228 The prose style of Boccaccio..is not a simple style—rather it is curious and alembicated.

1973 K. Burke Philos. Lit. Form (ed. 3) 298 The most highly alembicated and sophisticated work of art, arising in complex civilizations.

2009 C. Rubio Amer. Triptych 85 The twins enjoyed confusing the Neophyte with their cryptic words and alembicated rhetoric.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	alembicated
释义	alembicatedadj. Brit. /əˈlɛmbᵻkeɪtᵻd/, U.S. /əˈlɛmbəˌkeɪdᵻd/ Origin: Probably a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Or perhaps formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: Latin alembicatus , -ed suffix¹; alembicate v., -ed suffix¹. Etymology: Probably partly < post-classical Latin alembicatus (1560 or earlier; < alembicus , alembicum alembic n. + classical Latin -ātus -ate suffix²) + -ed suffix¹, and partly (in later use) < alembicate v. + -ed suffix¹. Compare French alambiqué (1630). Compare earlier alembication n. Produced as if in an alembic; distilled; refined; esp. (of language, ideas, etc.) over-refined, excessively subtle. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > with delicacy > often excessive fine-spun1611 over-refined1709 over-refining1761 alembicated1786 1786 H. L. Piozzi Anecd. Johnson 197 His mind was like a warm climate, which brings every thing to perfection suddenly and vigorously, not like the alembicated productions of artificial fire. 1818 Lady Morgan Florence Macarthy I. i. 8 Theories of alembicated refinement. 1823 New Monthly Mag. 7 194 Alembicated systems for explaining conduct, and reconciling contradictions of character, are rarely satisfactory. 1897 N. Amer. Rev. Nov. 516 One fragment of a somewhat alembicated epistle to an aunt—‘I wish to Heaven I had Prince Hussain's fairy carpet to transport me along the deeps of air to your coterie’. 1913 W. Raleigh in Eng. Rev. May 228 The prose style of Boccaccio..is not a simple style—rather it is curious and alembicated. 1973 K. Burke Philos. Lit. Form (ed. 3) 298 The most highly alembicated and sophisticated work of art, arising in complex civilizations. 2009 C. Rubio Amer. Triptych 85 The twins enjoyed confusing the Neophyte with their cryptic words and alembicated rhetoric. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1786
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