emunge

See also: emungé

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēmungō.

Verb

emunge (third-person singular simple present emunges, present participle emunging, simple past and past participle emunged)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To wipe or cleanse, especially one's nose.
   • 1949, J. D. H. Widdess, An Account of the Schools of Surgery:

     The moment of inspiration commences — the speaker emunges his nose with all his might - a doleful voice, scarcely audible, something like the melancholy moan of the midnight breeze, which so few have heard, informs you might have supposed destitute of the organs of speech, possesses in some respect the faculties of speaking.

Related terms

• emunction
• emunctory

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈmun.d͡ʒe/
• Rhymes: -undʒe
• Hyphenation: e‧mùn‧ge

Verb

emunge

1. third-person singular present indicative of emungere

Latin

Verb

ēmunge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēmungō

Spanish

Verb

emunge

1. inflection of emunger:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative