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oyntment

oyntment is the obsolete form of ointment.

Meaning of ointment

Noun

ointment (countable and uncountable, plural ointments)

  1. A viscous preparation of oils and/or fats, usually containing medication, used as a treatment or as an emollient.
    • The doctor prescribed an antibiotic ointment for the wound.
  2. A substance used to anoint, as in religious rituals.

Forms of oyntment

pluraloyntments

Questions about oyntment

What is oyntment the obsolete form of?
Oyntment is the obsolete form of ointment.

Words near oyntment in the dictionary

  1. oyly
  2. Oymyakon
  3. Oyne
  4. oynoun
  5. oynouns
  6. oyntment
  7. oyntments
  8. Oyo
  9. Oyong
  10. Oyoung
  11. oyra

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Adapted from Wiktionary: oyntment (page history and authors); ointment (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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