Ointment Definition

ointmənt
ointments
noun
ointments
A fatty substance applied to the skin for healing or cosmetic purposes; salve; unguent.
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Other Word Forms of Ointment

Noun

Singular:
ointment
Plural:
ointments

Origin of Ointment

  • A later form (as if oint + -ment) of oinement, from Old French oignement (“an anointing"), from oigner, oindre, ongier (“to anoint"), from Latin unguere, ungere (“to anoint").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English oinement from Old French oignement from Vulgar Latin unguimentum from Latin unguentum unguent

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

Ointment Sentence Examples

  • I suggest that you apply a topical ointment to the wound after washing it.

  • The official preparation is an ointment which contains one part of the alkaloid in fifty.

  • He Himself spoke mysteriously of His burial, when a woman poured a vase of costly ointment upon His head.

  • The remedy is soap and water, and sulphur ointment.

  • Powdered, it has little effect upon the skin, but in ointment or used by fumigation it has local therapeutic properties.

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Words Starting With

OOIOIN

Words Ending With

TNTENT

Unscrambles

ointment

Words Starting With O and Ending With T

Starts With O & Ends With TStarts With OI & Ends With TStarts With O & Ends With NT

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8 Letter Words8 Letter Words Starting With O8 Letter Words Ending With T

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