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inquinations

inquinations is the plural of inquination.

Meaning of inquination

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...

Questions about inquinations

What is inquinations the plural of?
Inquinations is the plural of inquination.

Words near inquinations in the dictionary

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

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