ointment

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt//
United Kingdom/[ˈɔ̃ɪ̃(n)ʔ.mɪ̃(n)ʔ]/
United States//ˈɔɪn(t)m(ə)nt//

A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.

noun

1
A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
The doctor prescribed an antibiotic ointment for the wound.
She applied a soothing herbal ointment to her dry skin.
2
A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals.

Etymology

A later form (as if oint + -ment) of Middle English oinement, borrowed from Old French oignement (“an anointing”), from oigner, oindre, ongier (“to anoint”), from Latin ung(u)ō (“I anoint”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to smear, anoint”). Partly displaced native Old English sealf, whence modern salve.

Forms

plural: ointments

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