liniment

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a medicinal liquid that is rubbed into the skin to relieve muscular stiffness and pain

Etymology

From Middle English lynyment (“something used for smearing or anointing”), a learned borrowing from Late Latin linīmentum.

In classic literature

Synonyms

embrocation

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