Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

linament

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lina-ment
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Lint (fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth, used for dressing wounds), especially when made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.

Etymology

From Latin linamentum, from linum (“flax”).

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: linamentum

Inflected Forms

linaments (plural)

Questions

What does linament mean?: Lint (fine material made by scraping cotton or linen cloth, used for dressing wounds), especially when made into a tent for insertion into wounds or ulcers.
Where does linament come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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