Unguent Definition
ŭnggwənt
noun
A salve or ointment.
Webster's New World
Any cream containing medicinal ingredients applied to the skin for therapeutic purposes.
Wiktionary
Other Word Forms of Unguent
Noun
Singular:
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unguentsOrigin of Unguent
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From Latin unguentum (“ointment"), from unguō (“I smear with ointment"), from Proto-Indo-European *ongw- (“to salve").
From Wiktionary
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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
