invultuation

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noun

A form of witchcraft: piercing a wax or clay image of a person in order to harm them.

OriginLatin invultare →
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Meanings

nouninvultuation (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA form of witchcraft: piercing a wax or clay image of a person in order to harm them.

    "What, then?" asked the porter. "Hire a witch-wife to burke him by invultuation, with a waxen image and pins?"

    1973, L. Sprague de Camp, The Rug and the Bull

Origin

  1. Latininvultare“to stab the face of”
  2. Englishinvultuation

From Latin invultare (“to stab the face of”), from vultus (“face”).

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “invultuation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/invultuation.

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