Definitions for unguent

unguent un·guent

Spelling: [uhng-gwuh nt]
IPA: /ˈʌŋ gwənt/

Unguent is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 55 anagrams from letters in unguent (egnntuu).

Definitions for unguent

noun

  1. an ointment or salve, usually liquid or semiliquid, for application to wounds, sores, etc.

Origin of unguent

1400-50; late Middle English Latin unguentum, alteration (probably by association with the suffixes -men, -mentum) of unguen fat, grease, derivative of unguere to smear, anoint

Examples for unguent

They anointed the fingers with some unguent, and lighted them.

She also 'invented' many a lotion and unguent for the preservation and creation of beauty.

In such cases the influence of the god, communicated to the victim, passed with the unguent into the stone.

And she gave them as much of the unguent as was sufficient for their persons.

Against my burial she has kept this unguent; for me ye have not always.

Addressing her sportively, Krishna said, For whom are you carrying that unguent?

The Selgic iris1246 also, and the unguent which is made from it, are in great esteem.

At such a time the man should apply some unguent, so as to make the entrance easy.

But the unguent was not forthcoming, and the emperor was crowned without its aid.

Now, this unguent has done ‘a deal of good’ to the leather of my boots.

Word Value for unguent
Scrable

8

Words with friends

13

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