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語源

A later form (as if oint +‎ -ment) of 中期英語 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 古期英語 sealf, whence modern salve.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt/, [ˈɔ̃ɪ̃(n)ʔ.mɪ̃(n)ʔ]
• (General American) IPA: /ˈɔɪn(t)m(ə)nt/
• ハイフネーション: oint‧ment

名詞

ointment (countable and uncountable, plural ointments)

1. (medicine) A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.

   The doctor prescribed an antibiotic ointment for the wound.

   She applied a soothing herbal ointment to her dry skin.

2. A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals.

同意語

• (medicine): salve, unguent; pomatum (uncommon); pomade, pomate (obsolete or historical)

派生語

関連する語

参考

• 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.