conspissation
English
Etymology
From Latin conspissatio, from inspissare (“to make thick”).
Noun
conspissation (uncountable)
- (obsolete) A thickening or making viscous; thickness
- Synonym: inspissation
- 1647, Henry More, Infinitie of Worlds:
- Of universall life each thing's deriv'd Whater'e appeareth in corporeall fashion;
For body's but this spirit, fixt, grosse by conspissation
- -1694, R. Burthogge, Essay upon Reason:
- The Cold of the Night […] does much contribute to the Conspissation of the Spirits Vehicle.
References
- “conspissation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- OED