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mundation

mundation noun: the act of cleaning.

Noun

mundation (countable and uncountable, plural mundations)

  1. (obsolete) The act of cleaning.

Forms of mundation

pluralmundations

Origin of mundation

From Latin mundātio (“cleaning”), from mundō (“to make clean”), from mundus (“clean, neat, elegant”), from Proto-Indo-European *mewH- (“to wash, wet”). Cognate with Dutch mooi (“nice, beautiful, sheen”).

Questions about mundation

What does mundation mean?
Mundation means the act of cleaning.
What part of speech is mundation?
Mundation is a noun.
What is the plural of mundation?
The plural of mundation is mundations.

Words near mundation in the dictionary

  1. Mundare
  2. Mundari
  3. Mundaring
  4. Mundarlo
  5. Mundas
  6. mundation
  7. mundations
  8. mundatories
  9. mundatory
  10. Munday
  11. Mundays

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