excogitation
Example Sentences
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Truth for him is not to be found at the end of interminable, bed-ridden excogitation.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 5, 2012
Then interviews with publishers, the correction of proof sheets, the excogitation of writings for magazines--fuel for the fire that kept my pot a-boiling.
From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by A. J. (Alec John) Dawson
It is often alleged that the circumstances of modern literature do not permit of that leisure which is necessary to the excogitation of a carefully developed technique or a sound style.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Lewis Spence
When we are alone, we are not always busy; the labour of excogitation is too violent to last long; the ardour of inquiry will sometimes give way to idleness or satiety.
From A History of English Prose Fiction by Bayard Tuckerman
Let it also be noted that this longitude reward was not a premium upon excogitation of a mysterious difficulty.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by David Eugene Smith
