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pinguefaction

pinguefaction noun: a making of, or turning into, fat.

Noun

pinguefaction (uncountable)

  1. A making of, or turning into, fat.
    • The spontaneous tendency to pinguefaction would also conduce to quietude of disposition in the animal, and to the more economical and easy satisfaction of the appetite.1853, George Godfrey Cunningham, A history of England in the lives of Englishmen, volume 6, page 161

Questions about pinguefaction

What does pinguefaction mean?
Pinguefaction means a making of, or turning into, fat.
What part of speech is pinguefaction?
Pinguefaction is a noun.

Words near pinguefaction in the dictionary

  1. pinguecula
  2. pingueculae
  3. pingueculas
  4. pinguecule
  5. pinguecules
  6. pinguefaction
  7. pinguefied
  8. pinguefies
  9. pinguefy
  10. pinguefying
  11. pinguescence

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