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 (countable and uncountable, plural inunctions)

1. The anointing or rubbing in of oil or balm.
   • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, 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.

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₃engʷ-‎ (0 c, 9 e)

Translations

anointing

• Bulgarian: втриване n (vtrivane)
• Finnish: voitelu (fi)
• Malayalam: പുരട്ടൽ (ml) (puraṭṭal), ലേപനം (ml) (lēpanaṁ)