unguent

(eg. grace, tone, symbol )

unguent Meaning of "unguent"

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Definition(s):

  • (n) semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

Synonym(s)

ointment, salve, unction

Usage(s):

  1. The strict eating plan and unguent tone seem to be the focus of particular hatred.
  2. Commentators could not help detecting one fly in the unguent, and greatly fearing another.
  3. But His Majesty is precisely the fly in the Irish unguent of freedom.
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