ointment

== English == === Alternative forms === oyntment (obsolete) === 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt/, [ˈɔ̃ɪ̃(n)ʔ.mɪ̃(n)ʔ] (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪn(t)m(ə)nt/ Hyphenation: oint‧ment === Noun === ointment (countable and uncountable, plural ointments) (medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient. A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals. ==== Synonyms ==== (medicine): salve, unguent; pomatum (uncommon); pomade, pomate (obsolete or historical) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === cream inunction liniment unction unctuous unguent === Further reading === “ointment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “ointment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “ointment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.