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varnishments

varnishments is the plural of varnishment.

Meaning of varnishment

Noun

varnishment (countable and uncountable, plural varnishments)

  1. (archaic) The act or process of embellishing something in order to make it more attractive.
    • The print of my finger thou hast defaced, and with arts-vanishing varnishment made thyself a changeling from the form I first cast thee in; Satan take her to thee, with black boiling pitch rough-cast over her counterfeit red and white; and whereas she was wont in ass's milk to bathe her to engrain...1815, Sir Egerton Brydges, Archaica: Containing a Reprint of Scarce Old English Prose Tracts, page 132

Questions about varnishments

What is varnishments the plural of?
Varnishments is the plural of varnishment.

Words near varnishments in the dictionary

  1. varnishings
  2. varnishleaf
  3. varnishless
  4. varnishlike
  5. varnishment
  6. varnishments
  7. varnisht
  8. varnishy
  9. Varns
  10. varnsingite
  11. Varnum

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