inunction
English
Etymology
From Latin inunctio, from inunctus, past participle of inungo (“anoint”), from in- + ungo (“anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“anoint”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈʌŋkʃən/
Noun
inunction (plural inunctions)
- The anointing or rubbing in of oil or balm.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 5, member 3, subsection i:
- Besides these fomentations, irrigations, inunctions, odoraments, prescribed for the head, there must be the like used for the liver, spleen, stomach, hyperchondries, etc.
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Related terms
▼ <a href='/wiki/Category:English_terms_derived_from_the_PIE_root_*h%E2%82%83eng%CA%B7-' title='Category:English terms derived from the PIE root *h₃engʷ-'>English terms derived from the PIE root *h₃engʷ-</a> (0 c, 6 e)
<a href='/wiki/anoint' title='anoint'>anoint</a>
<a href='/wiki/inunction' title='inunction'>inunction</a>
<a href='/wiki/ointment' title='ointment'>ointment</a>
<a href='/wiki/unction' title='unction'>unction</a>
<a href='/wiki/unctuous' title='unctuous'>unctuous</a>
<a href='/wiki/unguent' title='unguent'>unguent</a>
Translations
anointing
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