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inquination

inquination noun: defilement;pollution; stain or impurity.

Noun

inquination (plural inquinations)

  1. (obsolete) defilement;pollution; stain or impurity
    • the middle action , which produceth such imperfect bodies , is fitly called (by some of the ancients) inquination, or inconcoction, which is a kind of putrefaction1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William...

Forms of inquination

pluralinquinations

Origin of inquination

Latin inquinatio.

Questions about inquination

What does inquination mean?
Inquination means defilement;pollution; stain or impurity.
What part of speech is inquination?
Inquination is a noun.
What is the plural of inquination?
The plural of inquination is inquinations.

Words near inquination in the dictionary

  1. inquilinous
  2. inquinate
  3. inquinated
  4. inquinates
  5. inquinating
  6. inquination
  7. inquinations
  8. inquirable
  9. inquirance
  10. inquirant
  11. inquirants

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