Meanings
nouninquination (plural inquinations)
plural inquinations
- obsoletedefilement;pollution; stain or impurity
the middle action , which produceth such imperfect bodies , is fitly called (by some of the ancients) inquination, or inconcoction, which is a kind of putrefaction
1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC
Origin
- Latininquinatio
- Englishinquination
Latin inquinatio.
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