Wordsmith Talk |
About Us | What's New | Search | Site Map | Contact Us | |||
Register Log In Wordsmith.org Forums (Old) Weekly themes. (have been consolidated into a single forum above) Beheading words fomentation
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
OP Fomentation
(Fo`men*ta"tion) n. [. fomentatio: cf. F. fomentation.]
1. (Med.) (a) The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by
relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors. (b) The lotion applied to a diseased part.
2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement.
I wonder if the second of the widely disparate definitions may not have arisen
by confusion with "fermentation".
Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted fomentation wwh 01/31/03 05:26 PM Re: Formorian wwh 01/31/03 05:28 PM Re: Formorian WhitmanO'Neill 02/03/03 04:16 AM Re: Formorian wwh 02/03/03 12:24 PM Re: forficiform wwh 01/31/03 05:41 PM Re: fother wwh 01/31/03 06:06 PM Re: francolin wwh 01/31/03 06:20 PM Re: discussing fomentation Wordwind 01/31/03 07:05 PM Re: discussing fomentation wwh 01/31/03 09:17 PM Re: decussate `` wwh 01/31/03 10:21 PM
Moderated by Jackie
Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Statistics Forums16Topics13,913Posts229,421Members9,182 Most Online3,341
Dec 9th, 2011
Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV
9,182 Registered Users
Who's Online Now 0 members (), 846 guests, and 4 robots. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Top Posters(30 Days) A C Bowden 23
Top Posters wwh 13,858Faldage 13,803Jackie 11,613wofahulicodoc 10,592tsuwm 10,542LukeJavan8 9,922Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210AnnaStrophic 6,511Wordwind 6,296of troy 5,400
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · Wordsmith.org