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alambiquer

  • \a.lɑ̃.bi.ke\

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Dénominal de alambic.

verb alambiquer · avoir alambiqué · en alambiquant · en ayant alambiqué · alambiquant · alambiqué

  1. figuratively Distiller. Alambiquer l’esprit, s’alambiquer l’esprit, la cervelle. Torturer l’esprit, le rendre trop subtil.
  2. Raffiner, subtiliser, compliquer. Dans ces sortes de matières, il ne s’agit pas d’alambiquer.
  3. pronominal Se raffiner, se complexifier, se sophistiquer, se quintessencier. L’ambigu de ton corps s’alambique et s’affine Dans son ardeur stérile et sa grâce androgyne.

Similar: quintessencier

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"alambiquer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/alambiquer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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alambiquer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/alambiquer

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"alambiquer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/alambiquer.

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@misc{alambiquer_2026,
  title = {alambiquer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/alambiquer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}