Unguent Definition

ŭnggwənt
noun
A salve or ointment.
Webster's New World

Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.

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Other Word Forms of Unguent

Noun

Singular:
unguent
Plural:
unguents

Origin of Unguent

  • From Latin unguentum (“ointment"), from unguō (“I smear with ointment"), from Proto-Indo-European *ongw- (“to salve").

    From Wiktionary

  • Cognates include Old Prussian anctan, Old High German ancho (German anke (“butter")), Welsh ymenyn (“butter").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Latin unguentum from unguere to anoint

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Unguent Sentence Examples

  • In such cases the influence of the god, communicated to the victim, passed with the unguent into the stone.

  • To the south of, and between the two ceramic vessels, was a complete glass unguent bottle.

  • They are dressed in their finest for the next life and also have two tall and sealed unguent jars in front of them.

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Words Starting With

UUNUNG

Words Ending With

TNTENT

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Words Starting With U and Ending With T

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Word Length

7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With U7 Letter Words Ending With T