Definitions for asafetida

asafetida as·a·fet·i·da

Spelling: [as-uh-fet-i-duh]
IPA: /ˌæs əˈfɛt ɪ də/

Asafetida is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 267 anagrams from letters in asafetida (aaadefist).

Definitions for asafetida

noun

  1. a soft, brown, lumpy gum resin having a bitter, acrid taste and an obnoxious odor, obtained from the roots of several Near Eastern plants belonging to the genus Ferula, of the parsley family: formerly used in medicine as a carminative and antispasmodic.

Origin of asafetida

1350-1400; Middle English Medieval Latin asafoetida, equivalent to asa (Persian āzā mastic, gum) + Latin foetida, feminine of foetidus fetid

Examples for asafetida

Us used to wear garlic and asafetida 'round our neck to keep off diseases; never had many neither.

Mighty nigh all de chillun had a little teency bag of asafetida, on a string 'round they necks, to keep off diseases.

Little bags of asafetida was used to hang around de little chillun's necks to ward off fever or diptheria.

However, I do know that we wore little sacks of asafetida around our necks to keep off diseases, and the white folks wore it too.

Likewise, in the spring of the year he frequently anointed the young of the species with a mixture of mutton suet and asafetida.

I does 'member dat chillun had to live wid bags of assfiddy (asafetida) 'round deir necks to keep off ailments.

asafetida was used on us at all times and sage tea was considered a splendid medicine.

This has been found to be the case with asafetida, valerian, ichthyol, etc.

Den some peoples keeps a bag of asafetida tied round dey neck to keep off sickness.

All we ever wore to keep off diseases was asafetida, nothing else.

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