Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leniment

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leni-ment
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Something that soothes; a sedative or comforter.

Obsolete

Etymology

From Latin lenimentum. Compare Old French leniment. See lenient.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: lenimentum

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

leniments (plural)

Questions

What does leniment mean?: Something that soothes; a sedative or comforter.
Where does leniment come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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