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apophlegmatism

apophlegmatism noun: the action of apophlegmatics.

Noun

apophlegmatism (countable and uncountable, plural apophlegmatisms)

  1. (obsolete) The action of apophlegmatics.
  2. (obsolete) An apophlegmatic medicine.
    • ...and so it is in apophlegmatisms and gargarisms, that draw the rheum down by the palate1620, Francis Bacon, “Natural History”, in The Works of Francis Bacon, vol. III, published 1730

Forms of apophlegmatism

pluralapophlegmatisms

Questions about apophlegmatism

What does apophlegmatism mean?
Apophlegmatism means the action of apophlegmatics.
What part of speech is apophlegmatism?
Apophlegmatism is a noun.
What is the plural of apophlegmatism?
The plural of apophlegmatism is apophlegmatisms.

Words near apophlegmatism in the dictionary

  1. apophenic
  2. Apophian
  3. Apophis
  4. apophlegmatic
  5. apophlegmatics
  6. apophlegmatism
  7. apophlegmatisms
  8. apophonic
  9. apophonically
  10. apophonies
  11. apophony

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