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oleamen

oleamen noun: a soft ointment prepared from oil.

Noun

oleamen (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) A soft ointment prepared from oil.

Origin of oleamen

Probably from borrowed from Latin oleāmen (“ointment containing olive oil”), from oleum (“olive oil”) + -amen (“noun suffix”).

Questions about oleamen

What does oleamen mean?
Oleamen means a soft ointment prepared from oil.
What part of speech is oleamen?
Oleamen is a noun.

Words near oleamen in the dictionary

  1. oleaginicity
  2. oleaginous
  3. oleaginously
  4. oleaginousness
  5. Oleai
  6. oleamen
  7. oleamide
  8. oleamides
  9. Olean
  10. oleanane
  11. oleananes

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