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invultuation

invultuation noun: a form of witchcraft: piercing a wax or clay image of a person in order to harm them.

Noun

invultuation (uncountable)

  1. A form of witchcraft: piercing a wax or clay image of a person in order to harm them.
    • "What, then?" asked the porter. "Hire a witch-wife to burke him by invultuation, with a waxen image and pins?"1973, L. Sprague de Camp, The Rug and the Bull

Origin of invultuation

From Latin invultare (“to stab the face of”), from vultus (“face”).

Questions about invultuation

What does invultuation mean?
Invultuation means a form of witchcraft: piercing a wax or clay image of a person in order to harm them.
What part of speech is invultuation?
Invultuation is a noun.

Words near invultuation in the dictionary

  1. invulnerability
  2. invulnerable
  3. invulnerableness
  4. invulnerably
  5. invulnerate
  6. invultuation
  7. Inwa
  8. inwale
  9. inwales
  10. inwall
  11. inwalled

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