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An ointment or salve.
Meaning & usage
An ointment or salve.
A religious or ceremonial anointing.
A balm or something that soothes.
A quality in language, address or delivery which expresses sober and fervent emotion.
Unctuousness: A smug, exaggerated use of language; smarminess.
Divine or sanctifying grace.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Latin ungō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin unctiōbor. English unction Borrowed from Latin unctiō.
A gathering of uncs.
Where this word comes from
Blend of unc (“older man”) + function (“social occasion”)
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