impinguate
English
Etymology
Latin impinguatus, past participle of impinguare (“to fatten”); prefix im- (“in”) + pinguis (“fat”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪmˈpɪŋɡweɪt/
Verb
impinguate (third-person singular simple present impinguates, present participle impinguating, simple past and past participle impinguated)
- (obsolete) To fatten; to make fat.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “9. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], OCLC 1044372886:
- Frictions also do more fill and impinguate the body than exercise
- 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
- Rhenish Wines (I mean these small wines, Bachrach and Deal) doth accidentally impinguate by helping the digesture, removing obstructions, and rendring the blood fluid and digestible
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Italian
Verb
impinguate
- inflection of impinguare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Latin
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