excogitation

== English == === Etymology === From Latin excogitatio. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɛksˌkɒdʒɪˈteɪʃən/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɛksˌkɑdʒəˈteɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === excogitation (countable and uncountable, plural excogitations) 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 […] ==== Related terms ==== excogitate == French == === Etymology === From Latin excogitātiōnem. === Pronunciation === === Noun === excogitation f (plural excogitations) excogitation ==== Related terms ==== excogiter