ointment

• oyntment (obsolete)

A later form (as if oint +‎ -ment) of Middle English 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 Old English sealf, whence modern salve.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɪntm(ə)nt/, [ˈɔ̃ɪ̃(n)ʔ.mɪ̃(n)ʔ]

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɔɪn(t)m(ə)nt/
• Hyphenation: oint‧ment

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

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

• cream
• inunction
• liniment
• unction
• unctuous
• unguent

• “ointment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “ointment”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “ointment”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.