emungeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

動詞

emunge (三人称単数 現在形 emunges, 現在分詞 emunging, 過去形および過去分詞形 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.

関連する語

• emunction
• emunctory

Latin

動詞

ēmunge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of ēmungō