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ingulfment

ingulfment is the archaic form of engulfment.

Meaning of engulfment

Noun

engulfment (countable and uncountable, plural engulfments)

  1. The act of engulfing
    • The cultural engulfment that Jews experience at Christmas1985 December 28, Alia Ever, Bonnie Wolf, “Being Jewish at Christmas”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 24, page 5

Forms of ingulfment

pluralingulfments

Origin of ingulfment

From ingulf + -ment.

Questions about ingulfment

What is ingulfment the archaic form of?
Ingulfment is the archaic form of engulfment.

Words near ingulfment in the dictionary

  1. inguinoperitoneal
  2. inguinoscrotal
  3. ingulf
  4. ingulfed
  5. ingulfing
  6. ingulfment
  7. ingulfments
  8. ingulfs
  9. ingulph
  10. ingulphant
  11. ingulphed

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