Decoct (verb)
dee-kokt
Extract the essence from (something) by heating or boiling it.
Late Middle English (in the sense ‘cook, heat up’): from Latin decoct- ‘boiled down’, from the verb decoquere, from de- ‘down’ + coquere ‘cook’.
Example sentences
“You’ll need to first decoct them in boiling water.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
