“alembicated”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

alembicated

释义

alembicated, ppl. a.|əˈlɛmbɪkeɪtɪd|
[f. L. type *alembicatus + -ed¹. Cf. F. alambiqué.]
Of ideas, expression, etc.: over-refined, over-subtilized (as if by passing through an alembic).
1786Mrs. 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, which always betray the difficulty of bringing them forth when their size is disproportionate to their flavour.1818Lady Morgan Fl. Macarthy I. i. 8 Theories of alembicated refinement.1823New Monthly Mag. VII. 194 Alembicated systems for explaining conduct, and reconciling contradictions of character, are rarely satisfactory.1836Croker Johnson. i. 63 The alembicated productions of artificial fire.1913W. Raleigh in Eng. Rev. May 228 The prose style of Boccaccio..is not a simple style—rather it is curious and alembicated.

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