EXCOGITATION

invention, innovation, excogitation, conception, design

(noun) the creation of something in the mind

excogitation

(noun) thinking something out with care in order to achieve complete understanding of it

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

excogitation (countable and uncountable, plural excogitations)

Careful thought or consideration.

Source: Wiktionary


Ex*cog`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. excogitatio: cf. F. excogitation.]

Definition: The act of excogitating; a devising in the thoughts; invention; contrivance.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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CUNT

(noun) a person (usually but not necessarily a woman) who is thoroughly disliked; “she said her son thought Hillary was a bitch”


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