onguent

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French onguent.

Noun

onguent (plural onguents)

  1. Archaic form of unguent.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for onguent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment, unguent”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɔ̃.ɡɑ̃/

Noun

onguent m (plural onguents)

  1. ointment; salve; unguent

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin unguentum (“ointment, unguent”).

Noun

onguent m (oblique plural onguenz or onguentz, nominative singular onguenz or onguentz, nominative plural onguent)

  1. ointment; salve; unguent
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