cinefaction
English
Etymology
From Latin cinefactio, from cinis (“ashes”) + facere (“to make”). Compare French cinéfaction.
Noun
cinefaction (uncountable)
- (obsolete, rare) cineration; reduction to ashes
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 cinefaction in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)